Multiphase flow in microfluidics: From droplets and bubbles to the encapsulated structures

A Sattari, P Hanafizadeh, M Hoorfar - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microfluidic technologies have a unique ability to control more precisely and effectively on
two-phase flow systems in comparison with macro systems. Controlling the size of the …

A review on microdroplet generation in microfluidics

W Han, X Chen - Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences …, 2021 - Springer
Micro-nanofluidic technology is widely used in food safety testing, drug screening, new
material synthesis and bioengineering. Droplet microfluidic technology is an important …

Numerical study of droplet formation in the ordinary and modified T-junctions

X Li, L He, Y He, H Gu, M Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This work presents a flexible manipulation solution on droplet formation based on the
modified T-junction with a rectangular rib to reduce the droplet size and improve …

Enhanced oil-in-water droplet generation in a T-junction microchannel using water-based nanofluids with shear-thinning behavior: A numerical study

M Besanjideh, A Shamloo, S Kazemzadeh Hannani - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Nanofluids are widely used as the continuous phase during droplet formation in
microsystems due to their impressive features such as excellent thermal, magnetic, and …

Comparison of surfactant mass transfer with drop formation times from dynamic interfacial tension measurements in microchannels

M Kalli, L Chagot, P Angeli - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Dynamic interfacial tension was studied experimentally during drop formation in a flow-
focusing microchannel. A low viscosity silicone oil (4.6 mPa s) was the continuous phase …

Computational modeling and experimental characterization of extrusion printing into suspension baths

ME Prendergast, JA Burdick - Advanced healthcare materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The extrusion printing of inks into suspension baths is an exciting tool, as it allows the
printing of diverse and soft hydrogel inks into 3D space without the need for layer‐by‐layer …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental studies on droplet formation in a flow-focusing microchannel in the presence of surfactants

E Roumpea, NM Kovalchuk, M Chinaud… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The formation of an aqueous droplet in an organic continuous phase was studied
experimentally inside a flow-focusing microchannel (190 μm× 195 μm: depth× width) in the …

Effects of capillary number and flow rates on the hydrodynamics of droplet generation in two-phase cross-flow microfluidic systems

A Venkateshwarlu, RP Bharti - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: The control and manipulation of the hydrodynamics of droplets primarily relate
to flow governing and geometrical parameters. This study has explored the influences of …

Beating Poisson stochastic particle encapsulation in flow-focusing microfluidic devices using viscoelastic liquids

K Shahrivar, F Del Giudice - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The encapsulation and co-encapsulation of particles in microfluidic flows is essential in
applications related to single-cell analysis and material synthesis. However, the whole …

Insights into the dynamics of non-Newtonian droplet formation in a T-junction microchannel

P Kumari, A Atta - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The non-Newtonian shear-thinning droplet formation mechanism in a T-junction
microchannel is experimentally investigated using the aqueous solutions of xanthan gum as …