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 …

Droplets and bubbles in microfluidic devices

SL Anna - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Precise, tunable emulsions and foams produced in microfluidic geometries have found wide
application in biochemical analysis and materials synthesis and characterization. Superb …

Two-phase flow and mass transfer in microchannels: A review from local mechanism to global models

C Yao, Y Zhao, H Ma, Y Liu, Q Zhao, G Chen - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microreaction technology is preferential in process intensification and chemical synthesis,
especially in multiphase applications. A thorough understanding of the hydrodynamics and …

The science of foaming

W Drenckhan, A Saint-Jalmes - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The generation of liquid foams is at the heart of numerous natural, technical or scientific
processes. Even though the subject of foam generation has a long-standing history, many …

Perspectives of Foam Generation Techniques and Future Directions of Nanoparticle-Stabilized CO2 Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery

S Bhatt, S Saraf, A Bera - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Global demand for energy is increasing day by day rapidly as a result of the population,
industrial, and economic growth of developing countries, especially in emerging market …

Spheroid engineering in microfluidic devices

A Tevlek, S Kecili, OS Ozcelik, H Kulah, HC Tekin - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) cell culture techniques are commonly employed to investigate
biophysical and biochemical cellular responses. However, these culture methods, having …

Bubble formation and breakup dynamics in microfluidic devices: A review

T Fu, Y Ma - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Bubbles are always encountered for gas–liquid two-phase flow in microchannels, and have
potential applications in chemical engineering, polymer engineering, food engineering, and …

A coupled level-set and volume-of-fluid method for the buoyant rise of gas bubbles in liquids

I Chakraborty, G Biswas, PS Ghoshdastidar - International Journal of Heat …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper investigates some fundamental aspects of rising gas bubbles in stagnant
Newtonian liquids using a coupled level-set and volume-of-fluid (CLSVOF) method. The …

Capillary‐Based Microfluidics—Coflow, Flow‐Focusing, Electro‐Coflow, Drops, Jets, and Instabilities

J Guerrero, YW Chang, AA Fragkopoulos… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Capillary‐based microfluidics is a great technique to produce monodisperse and complex
emulsions and particulate suspensions. In this review, the current understanding of drop and …

Microbubble generation in a co-flow device operated in a new regime

E Castro-Hernandez, W Van Hoeve, D Lohse… - Lab on a Chip, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A new regime of operation of PDMS-based flow-focusing microfluidic devices is presented.
We show that monodisperse microbubbles with diameters below one-tenth of the channel …