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ArticleMicromachines2022

A Monolithic 3D Printed Axisymmetric Co-Flow Single and Compound Emulsion Generator.

Amirreza Ghaznavi, Yang Lin, Mark Douvidzon, Adam Szmelter, Alannah Rodrigues, Malik Blackman, David Eddington, Tal Carmon, Lev Deych, Lan Yang and 1 more

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Article in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Amirreza GhaznaviDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Yang LinDepartment of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8261-8984
Mark DouvidzonPhysics Department and Solid-State Institute, Technion, Haifa 3200000, Israel.
Adam SzmelterDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7787-8992
Alannah RodriguesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Malik BlackmanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
David EddingtonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Tal CarmonSchool of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4727-6368
Lev DeychPhysics Department, Queens College of CUNY, New York, NY 11367, USA.
Lan YangDepartment of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Jie XuDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5765-7431
University of Illinois Chicago · USCarnegie Mellon University · USQueens College, CUNY · USTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILTel Aviv University · ILUniversity of Rhode Island · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

ICore: the Israeli Excellence center "Circle of Light" No. 1902/12the Israeli Science Foundation No. 2013/15the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) NSF-BSF Grant No. 2016670the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) No. 1711798/1711801/1711451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a microfluidic droplet generator which can produce single and compound droplets using a 3D axisymmetric co-flow structure. The design considered for the fabrication of the device integrated a user-friendly and cost-effective 3D printing process. To verify the performance of the device, single and compound emulsions of deionized water and mineral oil were generated and their features such as size, generation frequency, and emulsion structures were successfully characterized. In addition, the generation of bio emulsions such as alginate and collagen aqueous droplets in mineral oil was demonstrated in this study. Overall, the monolithic 3D printed axisymmetric droplet generator could offer any user an accessible and easy-to-utilize device for the generation of single and compound emulsions.

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3D printingcompound dropletsemulsion generatormicrofluidic devicemicrofluidics

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PMID35208313
PMCPMC8877394
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