Centrifugal step emulsification can producewater in oil emulsions with extremely high internal volume fractions

Micromachines

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1180-1188

  Schuler, Friedrich ^a,b   Paust, Nils ^a,b   Zengerle, Roland ^a,b   Von Stetten, Felix ^a,b  

^a Hahn Schickard   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centrifugal microfluidics; Centrifugal step emulsification; Droplet; High internal phase ratio emulsion (HIPRE); High throughput; Internal phase ratio; Internal volume fraction; Step emulsification

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DROPS; EMULSIONS; THROUGHPUT; VOLUME FRACTION;

CENTRIFUGAL MICROFLUIDICS; HIGH INTERNAL PHASE RATIO EMULSIONS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; INTERNAL PHASE; INTERNAL VOLUME;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84946409905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi6081180     Document Type: Article

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