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Title: From Single to Core-Shell Drops in Non-Confined Microfluidics
Authors: Chaurasia, A
Josephides, D
Sajjadi, S
4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2014)
Keywords: Microfluidics;Non-confined;Core-shell;Buoyancy
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: Brunel University London
Citation: 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference, University College London, UK, 7-10 September 2014, Editors CS König, TG Karayiannis and S. Balabani
Series/Report no.: ID 154
Abstract: For many encapsulation applications such as nutrients, cells and drugs, large core-shell drops are required. Conventional confined microfluidic devices are limited to a rather small sized (< 1mm) droplets because of difficulties associated with phase separation at low flow rates. We report a microfluidic device which can produce such large range of drop sizes (~200 Am- 6 mm) with varying shell thickness (~1 Am- 1 mm) under the maximum influence of buoyancy, which has so far remained unexplored. The existing physical model for single drop formation is extended for the core-shell drop. The facile nature of working with such systems means scale up would be easy.
Description: This paper was presented at the 4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2014), which was held at University College, London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Italian Union of Thermofluiddynamics, IPEM, the Process Intensification Network, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Heat Transfer Society, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group, and the Energy Institute, ASME Press, LCN London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL University College London, UCL Engineering, the International NanoScience Community, www.nanopaprika.eu.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9394
ISBN: 978-1-908549-16-7
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