Microfluidic method for creating monodisperse viscous single emulsions via core–shell templating

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 383-390

  Josephides, Dimitris N ^a   Sajjadi, Shahriar ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core shell; Dripping; Droplet templating; Jetting; Monodisperse; Viscous droplets

Indexed keywords

DROPS; OSTWALD RIPENING;

DRIPPING; JETTING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC METHOD; MONO-DISPERSE; PERTURBATION FREQUENCY; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY; TEMPLATING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84924223237     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1439-2     Document Type: Article

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