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Parallelization of microfluidic flow-focusing devices
2017
Microfluidic flow-focusing devices offer excellent control over fluid flow, enabling formation of drops with a narrow size distribution. However, the throughput of microfluidic flow-focusing devices is limited and scale-up through operation of multiple drop makers in parallel often compromises the robustness of their operation. We demonstrate that parallelization is facilitated if the outer phase is injected from the direction opposite to that of the inner phase, because the fluid injection flow rate, where the drop formation transitions from the squeezing into the dripping regime, is shifted towards higher values.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000399951900009
Authors
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Chen, Xiaoming
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Eggersdorfer, Max
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Cohen, Noa
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Kodger, Thomas E.
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Ren, Carolyn L.
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Weitz, David A.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Published in
Volume
95
Issue
4
Article Number
043105
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
May 30, 2017
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