Breakup length of AC electrified jets in a microfluidic flow-focusing junction

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 787-794

  Castro Hernández, Elena ^a   García Sánchez, Pablo ^a   Tan, Say Hwa ^b,c   Gañán Calvo, Alfonso M ^a   Baret, Jean Christophe ^c,d   Ramos, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

AC electric field; Flow focusing; Jet; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOCUSING; JETS; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

AC ELECTRIC FIELD; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; DROPLET PRODUCTION; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; FLOW FOCUSING; OPERATING CONDITION; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84942985944     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-015-1603-3     Document Type: Article

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