Shear-thinning effects on double emulsion formation in microfluidic systems

This numerical study investigates the formation dynamics of double emulsion droplets in a coaxial microfluidic device, focusing on shear-thinning effects in the outer continuous phase modeled via the Carreau–Yasuda equation. The inner and middle phases are Newtonian. Using the volume of fluid method...

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Published in:AIP Advances
Main Authors: Long Long, Kunrong Zeng, Kaifeng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2026-06-01
Online Access:https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/5.0320695/21034202/065117_1_5.0320695.pdf