Pressure-driven microfluidic device for droplet formation with minimized dead volume

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 841-847

  Satoh, Taku ^a   Kodama, Kohei ^b   Hattori, Koji ^a,c   Ichikawa, Sosaku ^b   Sugiura, Shinji ^a   Kanamori, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Droplet formation; Emulsification; Microchannel; Microfluidics; Pneumatic control

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; NITROGEN; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; PUMPS; SILICONES;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; DROPLET FORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIQUID DELIVERY SYSTEMS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; NITROGEN GAS PRESSURE;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84924797806     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.14we103     Document Type: Article

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