Double emulsion production in glass capillary microfluidic device: Parametric investigation of droplet generation behaviour

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-196

  Nabavi, Seyed Ali ^a   Vladisavljević, Goran T ^b   Gu, Sai ^a   Ekanem, Ekanem E ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core shell droplets; Dripping regime; Flow focusing; Glass capillary microfluidics; Jetting regime; Solvent encapsulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; ENCAPSULATION; FLOW RATE; GLASS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES;

CORE-SHELL DROPLETS; DRIPPING REGIMES; FLOW FOCUSING; GLASS CAPILLARIES; JETTING REGIMES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84926443149     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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