Bubble dispenser in microfluidic devices

被引：120

作者：

Cubaud, T ^{[1
]}

Tatineni, M ^{[1
]}

Zhong, XL ^{[1
]}

Ho, CM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 2005年 / 72卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevE.72.037302

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

This Brief Report presents experimental and computational results on bubble formation in microfluidic devices. Bubbles are generated at the right-angle intersection of four identical square microchannels. When the pressure gradient generated by the liquid flow dominates the pressure gradient generated by gas flow, the length of the produced confined bubbles follows a law based on the channel size and fluid volume fraction. This bubble production technique was used to produce monodisperse aqueous foam in two-dimensional and three-dimensional microchannels.

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