Advances in fabricating double-emulsion droplets and their biomedical applications

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1071-1090

  Chong, DaoTong ^a,b   Liu, XinShi ^a,b   Ma, HuaJie ^a,b   Huang, GuoYou ^b   Han, Yu Long ^b   Cui, XingYe ^b   Yan, JunJie ^a   Xu, Feng ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coaxial electrospraying; Double emulsions; Membrane; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DROPS; EMULSIONS; ENCAPSULATION; INTERSECTIONS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COAXIAL ELECTROSPRAYING; CROSS-SHAPED MICROCHANNELS; DOUBLE EMULSIONS; EMULSIFICATION METHODS; ENCAPSULATION EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL MICROCHANNELS;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84945492028     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-015-1635-8     Document Type: Review

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