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 …

Scaling up the throughput of microfluidic droplet-based materials synthesis: A review of recent progress and outlook

J Wu, S Yadavali, D Lee, DA Issadore - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The last two decades have witnessed tremendous progress in the development of
microfluidic chips that generate micrometer-and nanometer-scale materials. These chips …

Droplet control technologies for microfluidic high throughput screening (μHTS)

M Sesen, T Alan, A Neild - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The transition from micro well plate and robotics based high throughput screening (HTS) to
chip based screening has already started. This transition promises reduced droplet volumes …

Application of microfluidic technology in food processing

S He, N Joseph, S Feng, M Jellicoe, CL Raston - Food & function, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic technology is interdisciplinary with a diversity of applications including in food
processing. The rapidly growing global population demands more advanced technologies in …

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 insights on controlled droplet formation in a microfluidic flow-focusing device

SG Sontti, A Atta - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this article, we have developed a computational model to determine the droplet formation
regime and its transition in a square microfluidic flow-focusing device that eventually dictate …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of surfactant on emulsification in microchannels

NM Kovalchuk, E Roumpea, E Nowak… - Chemical engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Drop formation in a microfluidic flow-focusing device (cross-junction) was studied in
absence and presence of one of two ionic surfactants. Four different flow regimes …

Droplet‐based microreactor for the production of micro/nano‐materials

L Liu, N **ang, Z Ni - Electrophoresis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet‐based microreactors are of great interest to researchers due to their incredible
ability in the synthesis of micro/nano‐materials with multi‐function and complex geometry. In …

[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 …