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A microdevice for producing monodispersed droplets under a jetting flow

Y. K. Li, G. T. Liu, Jianhong Xu, K. Wang, Guangsheng Luo

RSC Advances · 2015 · 44 citations · 37 references

Concepts

EngineeringChemical EngineeringMicroelectromechanical SystemsMicrofabricationMicrofabrication ProcessesMicrofluidic Device FabricationMicrofluidic DevicesMicrofluidic SystemsMicrofluidic TransportMicrofluidicsCapillary MicrofluidicsCapillary-driven Microfluidics FabricationDroplet MicrofluidicsMicrochannel DesignMicrochannel FabricationMicrochannel FlowMicrochannel HydrodynamicsMicrofluidic Droplet Generation

Abstract

A new capillary extended step microchannel for generating monodispersed droplets with a much wider narrowing jetting flow regime was specially designed.

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Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Fluid Dynamics +13