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Efficient On‐Demand Compound Droplet Formation: From Microfluidics to Microdroplets as Miniaturized Laboratories
Author(s) -
Wang Wei,
Yang Chun,
Li Chang Ming
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200801598
Subject(s) - microscale chemistry , microfluidics , channel (broadcasting) , on demand , nanotechnology , mixing (physics) , computer science , process (computing) , chemistry , process engineering , materials science , physics , multimedia , engineering , telecommunications , mathematics , mathematics education , quantum mechanics , operating system
Microdroplets are naturally well‐defined reactors for performing reactions on the microscale. An innovative technique is presented to achieve one‐step compound droplet formation in a microfluidic‐channel structure. The image shows a droplet in the formation process and a droplet flowing downstream of the channel with mixing/reaction occurring inside it. Red and green colors denote different regents.