[HTML][HTML] Emulsion characterization via microfluidic devices: A review on interfacial tension and stability to coalescence

TM Ho, A Razzaghi, A Ramachandran… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emulsions have gained significant importance in many industries including foods,
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, health care formulations, paints, polymer blends and oils …

Passive and active droplet generation with microfluidics: a review

P Zhu, L Wang - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Precise and effective control of droplet generation is critical for applications of droplet
microfluidics ranging from materials synthesis to lab-on-a-chip systems. Methods for droplet …

Generation of droplets of shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids in T-junction parallelized microchannels

Z Wang, X Xiang, H Zhu, Y Dong, C Zhu, Y Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study of shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids in T-junction parallelized microchannels
provides valuable insights into the emulsification process and droplet generation …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the role of surfactant dynamics in drop microfluidics

NM Kovalchuk, MJ Simmons - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactants are employed in microfluidic systems not just for drop stabilisation, but also to
study local phenomena in industrial processes. On the scale of a single drop, these include …

The importance of interfacial tension in emulsification: Connecting scaling relations used in large scale preparation with microfluidic measurement methods

K Schroën, J de Ruiter, C Berton-Carabin - ChemEngineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper starts with short descriptions of emulsion preparation methods used at large and
smaller scales. We give scaling relations as they are generally used, and focus on the …

Multiplexed and continuous microfluidic sensors using dynamic complex droplets

B Barua, TJ Durkin, IM Beeley, A Gadh, S Savagatrup - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Emissive complex droplets with reconfigurable morphology and dynamic optical properties
offer exciting opportunities as chemical sensors due to their stimuli-responsive …

Prediction of droplet sizes in a T-junction microchannel: Effect of dispersed phase inertial forces

SK Jena, SS Bahga, S Kondaraju - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The generation of monodispersed droplets in T-junction microchannels has wide range
applications in biochemical analysis and material synthesis. While the generation of these …

Dynamic interfacial tension and adsorption kinetics of nonionic surfactants during microfluidic droplet formation process

X Liang, J Zhang, M Li, K Wang, G Luo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant adsorption plays an important role in the microfluidic droplet formation process,
which manifested as dynamic interfacial tension phenomenon. Due to rapid droplet …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidics-based observations to monitor dynamic processes occurring in food emulsions and foams

K Schroën, B Deng, C Berton-Carabin, S Marze… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Microfluidic devices allow for highly controlled bubble or droplet formation.•Time-
and length-scales relevant to multiphase systems can be explored.•The complex formation …

Investigating effects of chelating agents on viscoelastic surfactant flooding at the pore scale using micromodels

ME Ahmed, AS Sultan, T Saikia, M Mahmoud… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Viscoelastic surfactants (VES) have proven their suitability for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
because they increase the viscosity and decrease the interfacial tension (IFT). In this work …