Acoustic modulation of droplet size in a T-junction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Schmid, Lothar ^a   Franke, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MODULATION; COMPLEX OPERATIONS; FLUIDIC SYSTEMS; LOW CAPILLARY NUMBERS; MICROFLUIDIC T JUNCTIONS; PRECISE CONTROL; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; MICROEMULSIONS;

DROPS;

EID: 84898072892     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4869536     Document Type: Article

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