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 …

Droplets and bubbles in microfluidic devices

SL Anna - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Precise, tunable emulsions and foams produced in microfluidic geometries have found wide
application in biochemical analysis and materials synthesis and characterization. Superb …

Microflow extraction: A review of recent development

K Wang, G Luo - Chemical Engineering Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Liquid-liquid extraction plays an important role in separation and purification of substance.
Miniaturized extraction processes based on microflow have received increasing attention for …

[HTML][HTML] Volume-of-fluid simulations in microfluidic T-junction devices: Influence of viscosity ratio on droplet size

M Nekouei, SA Vanapalli - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We used volume-of-fluid (VOF) method to perform three-dimensional numerical simulations
of droplet formation of Newtonian fluids in microfluidic T-junction devices. To evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Studying surfactant mass transport through dynamic interfacial tension measurements: A review of the models, experiments, and the contribution of …

C Brigodiot, M Marsiglia, C Dalmazzone… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Surfactant mass transport towards an interface plays a critical role during formation of
emulsions, foams and in industrial processes where two immiscible phases coexist. The …

Droplet formation in microfluidic T-junction generators operating in the transitional regime. I. Experimental observations

T Glawdel, C Elbuken, CL Ren - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2012 - APS
This is the first part of a two-part study on the generation of droplets at a microfluidic T-
junction operating in the transition regime where confinement of the droplet creates a large …

Effect of channel width on droplet generation inside T-junction microchannel

SK Jena, T Srivastava, SS Bahga, S Kondaraju - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In a T-junction microchannel, channel geometry plays a major role that affects the physics
behind droplet generation. The effect of channel width on droplet size and frequency in a T …

Numerical studies of shear-thinning droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction using two-phase level-SET method

VL Wong, K Loizou, PL Lau, RS Graham… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
A conservative level-set method (LSM) embedded in a computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
simulation provides a useful approach for the studying the physics and underlying …

Microfluidic-assisted synthesis and modeling of stimuli-responsive monodispersed chitosan microgels for drug delivery applications

O Sartipzadeh, SM Naghib, F Haghiralsadat… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Droplet microfluidic has been established to synthesize and functionalize
micro/nanoparticles for drug delivery and screening, biosensing, cell/tissue engineering, lab …

Accelerating intelligent microfluidic image processing with transfer deep learning: A microchannel droplet/bubble breakup case study

S Zhang, H Li, K Wang, T Qiu - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep learning has recently been leveraged in the microfluidic research for intelligent image
processing. However, it usually requires massive human efforts to label sufficient images for …