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Geometrically Mediated Breakup of Drops in Microfluidic Devices

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Link, D. R., Anna, S. L., Weitz, D. A., Stone, H. A.·2004·Physical Review Letters
DOI 10.1103/physrevlett.92.054503
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Microfluidic technology offers capabilities for the precise handling of small fluid volumes dispersed as droplets. To fully exploit this potential requires simultaneous generation of multiple size droplets. We demonstrate two methods for passively breaking larger drops into precisely controlled daughter drops using pressure-driven flow in simple microfluidic configurations: (i) a T junction and (ii) flow past isolated obstacles. We quantify conditions for breakup at a T junction and illustrate sequential breakup at T junctions for making small drops at high dispersed phase volume fractions.

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Authors
Link, D. R., Anna, S. L., Weitz, D. A., & Stone, H. A.
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Published
2004-02-06
Volume
92
Issue
5
Pages
054503-054503
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.92.054503
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1,202
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Link, D. R., Anna, S. L., Weitz, D. A., & Stone, H. A. (2004). Geometrically Mediated Breakup of Drops in Microfluidic Devices. Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.054503

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