Drag-induced breakup mechanism for droplet generation in dripping within flow focusing microfluidics

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-14

  Wu, Ping ^a   Luo, Zhaofeng ^a   Liu, Zhifeng ^a   Li, Zida ^a   Chen, Chi ^b   Feng, Lili ^a   He, Liqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dripping; Droplet; Flow focusing; Force balance; Microfluidics; Thread

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; FOCUSING; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROFLUIDICS;

BREAKUP MECHANISMS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CONTROLLABLE PARAMETERS; DRIPPING; DROPLET GENERATION; FLOW FOCUSING; FORCE BALANCES; THREAD;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84927644037     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2014.09.043     Document Type: Article

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