Title :
Droplets Generation Method for Water-in-Oil State in the Polydimethylsiloxane Microchannel with Grooves
Author :
Kim, Jihoon ; Byun, Doyoung ; Hong, Jongin ; DeMello, Andrew J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Inf. Eng., Konkuk Univ., Seoul
Abstract :
We present a new method to generate droplets stored in cavity structures using microchannels containing grooves. We investigate the effects of flow rate and groove pitch microchannelondroplet size.
Keywords :
drops; microchannel flow; polymers; droplets generation method; flow rate; groove pitch; polydimethylsiloxane microchannel with grooves; water-in-oil state; Aerospace engineering; Cells (biology); Chemistry; Educational institutions; Lithography; Microchannel; Microfluidics; Petroleum; Systems biology; Water storage;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2009. MEMS 2009. IEEE 22nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2977-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1084-6999
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805434
