Dripping, Jetting, Drops, and Wetting: The Magic of Microfluidics

Autor:	David A. Weitz, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Christian Holtze, Andrew S. Utada, Liang-Yin Chu, Darren Roy Link
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Flow control (fluid) Materials science Microfluidics Fluid dynamics New materials General Materials Science Fluidics Nanotechnology Microemulsion Wetting Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Coaxial Condensed Matter Physics
Zdroj:	MRS Bulletin. 32:702-708
ISSN:	1938-1425 0883-7694
DOI:	10.1557/mrs2007.145
Popis:	The following article is based on the Symposium X presentation given by David A. Weitz (Harvard University) on April 11, 2007, at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco. The article describes how simple microfluidic devices can be used to control fluid flow and produce a variety of new materials. Based on the concepts of coaxial flow and hydrodynamically focused flow, used alone or in various combinations, the devices can produce precisely controlled double emulsions (droplets within droplets) and even triple emulsions (double emulsions suspended in a third droplet). These structures, which can be created in a single microfluidic device, have various applications such as encapsulants for drugs, cosmetics, or food additives.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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