Emulsion drops in external flow fields—the role of liquid interfaces

P Fischer, P Erni - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2007 - Elsevier
We review the flow of emulsion drops, focusing on recent work involving complex interfaces,
which may include the presence of surfactants, particles, surface-active polymers, or solid …

Predictive oncology: a review of multidisciplinary, multiscale in silico modeling linking phenotype, morphology and growth

S Sanga, HB Frieboes, X Zheng, R Gatenby, EL Bearer… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Empirical evidence and theoretical studies suggest that the phenotype, ie, cellular-and
molecular-scale dynamics, including proliferation rate and adhesiveness due to …

On-chip, real-time, single-copy polymerase chain reaction in picoliter droplets

NR Beer, BJ Hindson, EK Wheeler, SB Hall… - Analytical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The first lab-on-chip system for picoliter droplet generation and PCR amplification with real-
time fluorescence detection has performed PCR in isolated droplets at volumes 106 smaller …

Efficient implementation of THINC scheme: a simple and practical smoothed VOF algorithm

K Yokoi - Journal of Computational Physics, 2007 - Elsevier
In this paper, we improve the multi-dimensional THINC (tangent of hyperbola for interface
capturing) scheme [F. Xiao, Y. Honma, T. Kono, A simple algebraic interface capturing …

Boundary-integral method for drop deformation between parallel plates

PJA Janssen, PD Anderson - Physics of Fluids, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
A new boundary-integral method is proposed to study the deformation of drops between two
parallel walls. The free-space Green's functions are extended to obey the no-slip condition …

Simulation and experiments of droplet deformation and orientation in simple shear flow with surfactants

K Feigl, D Megias-Alguacil, P Fischer… - Chemical engineering …, 2007 - Elsevier
The deformation and orientation behavior of three-dimensional (3D) viscous droplets with
and without surfactants is studied in simple shear flow using simulations and experiments …

Manufacturing monodisperse chitosan microparticles containing ampicillin using a microchannel chip

CH Yang, KS Huang, JY Chang - Biomedical microdevices, 2007 - Springer
The purpose of this study was using a developed microfluidic chip to prepare size-controlled
monodisperse chitosan microparticles encapsulating ampicillin. Our strategy is that a …

Using a cross-flow microfluidic chip and external crosslinking reaction for monodisperse TPP-chitosan microparticles

CH Yang, KS Huang, PW Lin, YC Lin - Sensors and actuators B: Chemical, 2007 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to generate monodisperse TPP-chitosan microparticles using a
cross-flow microfluidic chip coupled with external crosslinking reaction. We have …

Deformation of a droplet adhering to a solid surface in shear flow: onset of interfacial sliding

P Dimitrakopoulos - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2007 - cambridge.org
In this paper we consider the dynamics of droplets attached to rough or chemically
inhomogeneous solid substrates with a circular contact line as they are deformed in …

Simulation of droplet formation and coalescence using lattice Boltzmann-based single-phase model

XQ Xing, DL Butler, SH Ng, Z Wang, S Danyluk… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2007 - Elsevier
A lattice Boltzmann method-based single-phase free surface model is developed to study
the interfacial dynamics of coalescence, droplet formation and detachment phenomena …