Production of uniform droplets using membrane, microchannel and microfluidic emulsification devices

GT Vladisavljević, I Kobayashi, M Nakajima - Microfluidics and …, 2012 - Springer
This review provides an overview of major microengineering emulsification techniques for
production of monodispersed droplets. The main emphasis has been put on membrane …

The physics of 2D microfluidic droplet ensembles

T Beatus, RH Bar-Ziv, T Tlusty - Physics reports, 2012 - Elsevier
We review non-equilibrium many-body phenomena in ensembles of 2D microfluidic
droplets. The system comprises of continuous two-phase flow with disc-shaped droplets …

Bottom-up design and synthesis of limit size lipid nanoparticle systems with aqueous and triglyceride cores using millisecond microfluidic mixing

IV Zhigaltsev, N Belliveau, I Hafez, AKK Leung, J Huft… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Limit size systems are defined as the smallest achievable aggregates compatible with the
packing of the molecular constituents in a defined and energetically stable structure. Here …

Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion

HA Stone, SL Anna, N Bontoux, DR Link… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
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Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion - Google Patents Method and apparatus for fluid …

Study on the mechanism of droplet formation in T-junction microchannel

XB Li, FC Li, JC Yang, H Kinoshita, M Oishi… - Chemical engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the present paper, the mechanism of droplet formation in immiscible liquid/liquid T-
junction system has been studied numerically and analytically. Different droplet stream …

Formation of Spherical and Non‐Spherical Eutectic Gallium‐Indium Liquid‐Metal Microdroplets in Microfluidic Channels at Room Temperature

T Hutter, WAC Bauer, SR Elliott… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Here, the formation of eutectic Gallium‐Indium (EGaIn) liquid‐metal microdroplets, both
spherical and non‐spherical, in microfluidic devices at room temperature is reported …

[HTML][HTML] Density-dependent separation of encapsulated cells in a microfluidic channel by using a standing surface acoustic wave

J Nam, H Lim, C Kim, J Yoon Kang, S Shin - Biomicrofluidics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
This study presents a method for density-based separation of monodisperse encapsulated
cells using a standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW) in a microchannel. Even though …

Obstructed Breakup of Slender Drops in a Microfluidic Junction

AM Leshansky, S Afkhami, MC Jullien, P Tabeling - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
In this Letter we present a theoretical analysis of the droplet breakup with “permanent
obstruction” in<? format?> a microfluidic T junction [M.-C. Jullien et al., Phys. Fluids 21 …

Exploring emulsion science with microfluidics

N Bremond, J Bibette - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Emulsions have been studied for a long time because of the richness of their related
fundamental physicochemical phenomena and owing to their wide industrial applications …

Single-molecule emulsion PCR in microfluidic droplets

Z Zhu, G Jenkins, W Zhang, M Zhang, Z Guan… - Analytical and …, 2012 - Springer
The application of microfluidic droplet PCR for single-molecule amplification and analysis
has recently been extensively studied. Microfluidic droplet technology has the advantages of …