Bubble formation and breakup dynamics in microfluidic devices: A review

T Fu, Y Ma - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Bubbles are always encountered for gas–liquid two-phase flow in microchannels, and have
potential applications in chemical engineering, polymer engineering, food engineering, and …

Advances in micro-droplets coalescence using microfluidics

S Feng, LI Yi, L Zhao-Miao, CAO Ren-Tuo… - Chinese Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, with the development of lab-on-a-chip researches, the use of microfluidics to
precisely control the droplet behaviors in microchannel has received more and more …

Method and apparatus for forming multiple emulsions

DA Weitz, DR Link, AS Utada - US Patent 9,039,273, 2015 - Google Patents
(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING 366/1624, 167.1, 173.1, 174.1, 175.2,
MULTIPLE EMULSIONS 366/185.1, 340; 425/5, 6: 264/4.4, 4.7:(75) Inventors: David A …

Formation and control of fluidic species

DR Link, DA Weitz, M Marquez-Sanchez… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
This invention generally relates to systems and methods for the formation and/or control of
fluidic species, and articles produced by such systems and methods. In some cases, the …

Droplet-based microfluidics at the femtolitre scale

M Leman, F Abouakil, AD Griffiths, P Tabeling - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We have built a toolbox of modules for droplet-based microfluidic operations on femtolitre
volume droplets. We have demonstrated monodisperse production, sorting, coalescence …

Rapid and continuous magnetic separation in droplet microfluidic devices

E Brouzes, T Kruse, R Kimmerling, HH Strey - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a droplet microfluidic method to extract molecules of interest from a droplet in a
rapid and continuous fashion. We accomplish this by first marginalizing functionalized super …

Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion

HA Stone, SL Anna, N Bontoux, DR Link… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
US8986628B2 - Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion - Google Patents US8986628B2 -
Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion - Google Patents Method and apparatus for fluid …

Optofluidic droplet router

M Esseling, A Zaltron, W Horn… - Laser & Photonics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This contribution presents an optofluidic droplet router which is able to route and steer
microdroplets using optically induced forces created solely by the bulk photovoltaic effect on …

Experimental validation of a simple, low-cost, T-junction droplet generator fabricated through 3D printing

L Donvito, L Galluccio, A Lombardo… - Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Three-dimensional printing has been recently proposed and assessed for continuous flow
microfluidic devices. In this paper the focus is on a new application of this rapid and low cost …

Label-free measurements of reaction kinetics using a droplet-based optofluidic device

Z Mao, F Guo, Y Xie, Y Zhao… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Label-free measurements of the reaction kinetics of a small sample volume are essential for
efficient drug discovery, requiring methods and systems that are rapid, accurate, and cost …