Droplets and Bubbles in Microfluidic Devices

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 285-309

  Anna, Shelley Lynn ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emulsion; Foam; Hydraulic network; Interfacial tension; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUIDITY; FOAMS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

CAPILLARY INSTABILITY; HYDRAULIC NETWORKS; INTERFACIAL DEFORMATIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC GEOMETRY; MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS; RECTANGULAR GEOMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

MICROFLUIDICS;

BUBBLE; DROPLET; EMULSION; FOAM; HYDRAULICS; SURFACTANT; TENSION;

EID: 84954129615     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-122414-034425     Document Type: Article

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