Removal of excess interfacial material from surface-modified emulsions using a microfluidic device with triangular post geometry

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 1233-1246

  Lu, Li ^a,b   Irwin, Rebecca M ^b   Coloma, Mikhail A ^a   Schertzer, Jeffrey W ^b   Chiarot, Paul R ^a,b  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic Pickering emulsion; Microfluidics; Particle separation; Pinched flow fractionation; Surface modification; Triangular post geometry

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FRACTIONATION; OIL SHALE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; PICKERING EMULSIONS; PINCHED-FLOW FRACTIONATIONS; SURFACE-MODIFIED;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84939153064     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1521-9     Document Type: Article

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