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Dripping, Jetting, Drops, and Wetting: The Magic of Microfluidics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

A. S. Utada ,
L.-Y. Chu ,
A. Fernandez-Nieves ,
D. R. Link ,
C. Holtze  and
D. A. Weitz
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Abstract

The following article is based on the Symposium X presentation given by David A. Weitz (Harvard University) on April 11, 2007, at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco. The article describes how simple microfluidic devices can be used to control fluid flow and produce a variety of new materials. Based on the concepts of coaxial flow and hydrodynamically focused flow, used alone or in various combinations, the devices can produce precisely controlled double emulsions (droplets within droplets) and even triple emulsions (double emulsions suspended in a third droplet). These structures, which can be created in a single microfluidic device, have various applications such as encapsulants for drugs, cosmetics, or food additives.

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 32 , Issue 9: The Evolution of Organometallic Complexes in Organic Light-Emitting Devices , September 2007 , pp. 702 - 708
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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