화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.92, 18-40, December, 2020
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2020.08.025  Export Citation
Microfluidic step emulsification techniques based on spontaneous transformation mechanism: A review
Ziwei Liu, Cong Duan, Shaokun Jiang1, Chunying Zhu, Youguang Ma, and Taotao Fu†
  • State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
  • 1The 718th Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, No. 17, Zhanlan Road, Handan City, Hebei Province 056027, PR China
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Rapid and robust generation of uniformly sized droplets is a research hotspot for emulsification technology. Compared with conventional microfluidic devices such as cross-junction and flow-focusing, the size of the droplets generated in the step emulsifiers based on the spontaneous transformation mechanism is independent of the flow fluctuation, making this type of devices have many advantages and important application value. To introduce the research progress of step emulsification technology in recent years, this review discusses the device configurations, interfacial evolution for droplet formation mechanism, flow pattern classification, the influence of control variables on the emulsification process and the application advantages of such devices, and illustrates the design and selection principles of such devices, the control laws of manipulation variables, and the future application fields and directions.
Keywords:Step emulsification;Spontaneous transformation mechanisms;Droplet;Microchannel;Numbering-up
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