Droplet based microfluidics

R Seemann, M Brinkmann, T Pfohl… - Reports on progress …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Droplet based microfluidics is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of research combining
soft matter physics, biochemistry and microsystems engineering. Its applications range from …

Dripping and jetting in microfluidic multiphase flows applied to particle and fibre synthesis

JK Nunes, SSH Tsai, J Wan… - Journal of physics D …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Dripping and jetting regimes in microfluidic multiphase flows have been investigated
extensively, and this review summarizes the main observations and physical …

Two-phase microfluidic flows

CX Zhao, APJ Middelberg - Chemical Engineering Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Two phase systems are ubiquitous in processes and products, and in both cases
performance is maximized when precise control over the individual phases, and the …

Numerical modelling for the droplets formation in microfluidics-a review

L Wu, J Qian, X Liu, S Wu, C Yu, X Liu - Microgravity Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Microfluidic technology has advantages in producing high-quality droplets with
monodispersity which is promising in chemical engineering, biological medicine and so on …

Formation and manipulation of ferrofluid droplets at a microfluidic T-junction

SH Tan, NT Nguyen, L Yobas… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports the formation and manipulation of ferrofluid droplets at a microfluidic T-
junction in the presence of a permanent magnetic field. A small circular permanent magnet …

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 …

Thermally mediated droplet formation in microchannels

NT Nguyen, TH Ting, YF Yap, TN Wong… - Applied Physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Precise dispensing of microdroplets is an important process for droplet-based microfluidics.
The droplet formation by shear force between two immiscible fluids depends on their flow …

Effect of device geometry on droplet size in co-axial flow-focusing microfluidic droplet generation devices

M Rahimi, AS Khorrami, P Rezai - Colloids and surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Co-axial Flow Focusing (CFF) technique is an established microfluidic method
for the generation of micro-droplets. It consists of a nozzle co-axially aligned in a (circular …

Model of droplet generation in flow focusing generators operating in the squeezing regime

X Chen, T Glawdel, N Cui, CL Ren - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2015 - Springer
Flow focusing generators have been widely used to generate droplets for many applications
which call for accurate physical models that describe the droplet formation process in such …

Numerical and experimental study of oil-in-water (O/W) droplet formation in a co-flowing capillary device

C Deng, H Wang, W Huang, S Cheng - Colloids and surfaces A …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion droplet formation in a co-flowing capillary device was
observed through experiments and simulated by using the volume-of-fluid/continuum …