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Microfluidic Mass‐Transfer Control for the Simple Formation of Complex Multiple Emulsions
Author(s) -
Zhao ChunXia,
Middelberg Anton P. J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200902485
Subject(s) - emulsion , microfluidics , autocatalysis , mass transfer , chemistry , water in oil , phase (matter) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , materials science , chromatography , organic chemistry , engineering , catalysis
Transforming emulsions : A straightforward method for turning a single emulsion into multiple emulsions in a common T‐junction microfluidic device has been achieved. Water is introduced into oil using a cosolvent; a single emulsion then forms at a T junction, which is followed by the autocatalytic formation of a multiple emulsion by cosolvent shifting into the continuous phase.