Bubble formation and breakup dynamics in microfluidic devices: A review

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 343-372

  Fu, Taotao ^a   Ma, Youguang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble; Confinement; Hydrodynamics; Interface; Microfluidic; Scale up

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BUBBLE FORMATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROCHANNELS; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; BUBBLE; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; GAS - LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOWS; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; POLYMER ENGINEERING; SCALE-UP;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84925862995     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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