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 …

Microfluidics and wettability are interrelated and mutually reinforcing fields, experiencing
synergistic growth. Surface wettability is paramount in regulating microfluidic flows for …

Surfactants are an essential part of the droplet-based microfluidic technology. They are
involved in the stabilization of droplet interfaces, in the biocompatibility of the system and in …

The reliable generation of micron-sized droplets is an important process for various
applications in droplet-based microfluidics. The generated droplets work as a self-contained …

Two-phase flow microfluidics is emerging as a popular technology for a wide range of
applications involving high throughput such as encapsulation, chemical synthesis and …

During the last few decades, microfluidic liquid–liquid extractors have been developed to
address the need for separating solutes in analytical chemistry and efficiently recovering …

Droplet microfluidics is a technique that has the ability to compartmentalize reactions in sub
nano-(or pico-) liter volumes that can potentially enable millions of distinct biological assays …

We demonstrate a new droplet on demand (DOD) technique and an integrated system for
scanning of arbitrary combinations of 3 miscible solutions in∼ 1.5 μL droplets at 3 Hz. The …

We demonstrate the control of droplet sizes by an ac voltage applied across microelectrodes
patterned around a flow-focusing junction. The electrodes do not come in contact with the …

Microchannels can separate analytes faster with higher resolution, higher efficiency and with
lower reagent consumption than typical column techniques. Unfortunately, an impediment in …