Gas-assisted microfluidic step-emulsification for generating micron- and submicron-sized droplets.

Biao Huang, Xinjin Ge, Boris Y Rubinstein, Xianchun Chen, Lu Wang, Huiying Xie, Alexander M Leshansky, Zhenzhen Li

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Article in Microsystems & nanoengineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Biao HuangDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 ZhongGuanCunNan Street, HaiDian District, Beijing, 100081 China.ORCID 0000-0002-4856-7431

Xinjin GeState Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300350 China.ORCID 0000-0002-9153-9591

Boris Y RubinsteinStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0404-3695

Xianchun ChenSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 ZhongGuanCunNan Street, HaiDian District, Beijing, 100081 China.ORCID 0000-0001-5793-4267

Lu WangSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 ZhongGuanCunNan Street, HaiDian District, Beijing, 100081 China.ORCID 0000-0002-5161-6935

Huiying XieDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 ZhongGuanCunNan Street, HaiDian District, Beijing, 100081 China.

Alexander M LeshanskyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000 Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9272-8987

Zhenzhen LiDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 ZhongGuanCunNan Street, HaiDian District, Beijing, 100081 China.ORCID 0000-0002-2681-8551

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Micron- and submicron-sized droplets have extensive applications in biomedical diagnosis and drug delivery. Moreover, accurate high-throughput analysis requires a uniform droplet size distribution and high production rates. Although the previously reported microfluidic coflow step-emulsification method can be used to generate highly monodispersed droplets, the droplet diameter (

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DOI10.1038/s41378-023-00558-4

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