Microfluidic consecutive flow-focusing droplet generators
- 29 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 3 (8) , 986-992
Abstract
This article describes emulsification in a microfluidic double droplet generator (DDR) comprising two consecutive flow-focusing devices with locally modified surface chemistry. We generated W/O/W, O/O/W and O/W/O double emulsions with precisely controlled sizes and morphology of droplets. Secondly, by combining two mechanisms of droplet formation (the flow-focusing mechanism and the break up of liquid threads at T-junction) we produced multiple populations of droplets with varying size and/or composition. These droplets were used as the structural units for the formation of complex dynamic lattices.Keywords
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