TY - GEN
T1 - A simple and low-cost 3D-printed emulsion generator
AU - Zhang, Jiaming
AU - Aguirre-Pablo, Andres A.
AU - Li, Erqiang
AU - Thoroddsen, Sigurdur T
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-12-23
Acknowledgements: Research reported in this publication was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - The traditional fabrication technique used in microfluidics, i.e. soft-lithography, is complex and expensive for fabricating three-dimensional (3D) structures. Recently a handful of studies have demonstrated droplet production through 3D-printed microfluidic devices. However, these devices invariably use two-dimensional (2D) flow structures. Herein we apply 3D printing technology to fabricate simple and low-cost 3D microfluidic devices for emulsion generation without need for surface treatment of the channel walls. We formulate uniform scaling laws for emulsion drops generated in different regimes, by incorporating the dynamic contact angle effects during the drop formation. Magnetically responsive microspheres are also produced based on emulsion templates.
AB - The traditional fabrication technique used in microfluidics, i.e. soft-lithography, is complex and expensive for fabricating three-dimensional (3D) structures. Recently a handful of studies have demonstrated droplet production through 3D-printed microfluidic devices. However, these devices invariably use two-dimensional (2D) flow structures. Herein we apply 3D printing technology to fabricate simple and low-cost 3D microfluidic devices for emulsion generation without need for surface treatment of the channel walls. We formulate uniform scaling laws for emulsion drops generated in different regimes, by incorporating the dynamic contact angle effects during the drop formation. Magnetically responsive microspheres are also produced based on emulsion templates.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/666604
UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288072781_A_simple_and_low-cost_3D-printed_emulsion_generator
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983334925&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9780979806483
SP - 1454
EP - 1456
BT - 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2015
PB - Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society
ER -