Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator
Abstract The droplet-generating microfluidics has become an important technique for a variety of applications ranging from single cell analysis to nanoparticle synthesis. Although there are a large number of methods for generating and experimenting with droplets on microfluidic devices, the dispensi...
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doaj-321702debd104f68a8a968b7e39f58df2020-11-24T21:51:14ZengSpringerOpenNano Convergence2196-54042018-05-01511710.1186/s40580-018-0145-2Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generatorJi Wook Choi0Jong Min Lee1Tae Hyun Kim2Jang Ho Ha3Christian D. Ahrberg4Bong Geun Chung5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang UniversityResearch Center, Sogang UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang UniversityAbstract The droplet-generating microfluidics has become an important technique for a variety of applications ranging from single cell analysis to nanoparticle synthesis. Although there are a large number of methods for generating and experimenting with droplets on microfluidic devices, the dispensing of droplets from these microfluidic devices is a challenge due to aggregation and merging of droplets at the interface of microfluidic devices. Here, we present a microfluidic dual-nozzle device for the generation and dispensing of uniform-sized droplets. The first nozzle of the microfluidic device is used for the generation of the droplets, while the second nozzle can accelerate the droplets and increase the spacing between them, allowing for facile dispensing of droplets. Computational fluid dynamic simulations were conducted to optimize the design parameters of the microfluidic device.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40580-018-0145-2Dual-nozzleDropletDispensingMicrofluidic device |
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Ji Wook Choi Jong Min Lee Tae Hyun Kim Jang Ho Ha Christian D. Ahrberg Bong Geun Chung Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator Nano Convergence Dual-nozzle Droplet Dispensing Microfluidic device |
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Ji Wook Choi Jong Min Lee Tae Hyun Kim Jang Ho Ha Christian D. Ahrberg Bong Geun Chung |
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Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator |
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Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator |
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Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator |
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Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator |
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Dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator |
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dual-nozzle microfluidic droplet generator |
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Nano Convergence |
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2196-5404 |
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2018-05-01 |
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Abstract The droplet-generating microfluidics has become an important technique for a variety of applications ranging from single cell analysis to nanoparticle synthesis. Although there are a large number of methods for generating and experimenting with droplets on microfluidic devices, the dispensing of droplets from these microfluidic devices is a challenge due to aggregation and merging of droplets at the interface of microfluidic devices. Here, we present a microfluidic dual-nozzle device for the generation and dispensing of uniform-sized droplets. The first nozzle of the microfluidic device is used for the generation of the droplets, while the second nozzle can accelerate the droplets and increase the spacing between them, allowing for facile dispensing of droplets. Computational fluid dynamic simulations were conducted to optimize the design parameters of the microfluidic device. |
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Dual-nozzle Droplet Dispensing Microfluidic device |
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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40580-018-0145-2 |
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