Robust coaxial capillary microfluidic device for the high throughput formation of polymersomes

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-157

  Huang, Kevin Y S ^a   Bento, Jennifer L ^a   Stredney, Michael A ^a   Napoli, Olivia J ^a   Adamson, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Co flow; Double emulsion; Microfluidics; Polymersomes

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CAPILLARITY; EMULSIFICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OSTWALD RIPENING; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CO-FLOW; COAXIAL CAPILLARIES; DOUBLE EMULSIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MONODISPERSE DOUBLE EMULSIONS; POLYMERSOMES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84920710875     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1415-x     Document Type: Article

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