Interfacial tension based on-chip extraction of microparticles confined in microfluidic Stokes flows

Microfluidics involving two immiscible fluids (oil and water) has been increasingly used to produce hydrogel microparticles with wide applications. However, it is difficult to extract the microparticles out of the microfluidic Stokes flows of oil that have a Reynolds number (the ratio of inertia to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters. - 1998. - 105(2014), 14 vom: 06. Okt., Seite 143704
1. Verfasser: Huang, Haishui (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: He, Xiaoming
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Applied physics letters
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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