Droplet microfluidics

SY Teh, R Lin, LH Hung, AP Lee - Lab on a Chip, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet-based microfluidic systems have been shown to be compatible with many chemical
and biological reagents and capable of performing a variety of “digital fluidic” operations that …

Microscale acoustofluidics: Microfluidics driven via acoustics and ultrasonics

J Friend, LY Yeo - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
This article reviews acoustic microfluidics: the use of acoustic fields, principally ultrasonics,
for application in microfluidics. Although acoustics is a classical field, its promising, and …

Microfluidic methods for generating continuous droplet streams

GF Christopher, SL Anna - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Microfluidic technologies have emerged recently as a promising new route for the fabrication
of uniform emulsions. In this paper, we review microfluidic methods for synthesizing uniform …

Transition from squeezing to drip** in a microfluidic T-shaped junction

M De Menech, P Garstecki, F Jousse… - journal of fluid …, 2008 - cambridge.org
We describe the results of a numerical investigation of the dynamics of breakup of streams of
immiscible fluids in the confined geometry of a microfluidic T-junction. We identify three …

Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: a review of methods and applications

M Wörner - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2012 - Springer
This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface
resolving simulations of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering …

Drip** and jetting in microfluidic multiphase flows applied to particle and fibre synthesis

JK Nunes, SSH Tsai, J Wan… - Journal of physics D …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Drip** and jetting regimes in microfluidic multiphase flows have been investigated
extensively, and this review summarizes the main observations and physical …

Two-phase microfluidic flows

CX Zhao, APJ Middelberg - Chemical Engineering Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Two phase systems are ubiquitous in processes and products, and in both cases
performance is maximized when precise control over the individual phases, and the …

Gas–liquid and liquid–liquid mass transfer in microstructured reactors

MN Kashid, A Renken, L Kiwi-Minsker - Chemical Engineering Science, 2011 - Elsevier
This article is a comprehensive overview of gas–liquid and liquid–liquid mass transfer in
microstructured reactors (MSR). MSR are known to offer high heat and mass transfer rates …

Experimental observations of the squeezing-to-drip** transition in T-shaped microfluidic junctions

GF Christopher, NN Noharuddin, JA Taylor… - Physical Review E …, 2008 - APS
An experimental study of droplet breakup in T-shaped microfluidic junctions is presented in
which the capillary number and flow rate ratio are varied over a wide range for several …

Capillary threads and viscous droplets in square microchannels

T Cubaud, TG Mason - Physics of fluids, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally study the formation and evolution of threads containing more viscous
liquids surrounded by less viscous, immiscible liquids through hydrodynamic focusing in …