The generation of highly monodisperse droplets through the breakup of hydrodynamically focused microthread in a microfluidic device

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3726-3728

  Xu, Qingyi ^a   Nakajima, Mitsutoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DROP BREAKUP; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROMACHINING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; STREAM FLOW; VISCOSITY;

LAMINAR FLOW SYSTEMS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC GEOMETRY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 9744278257     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1812380     Document Type: Article

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