Analysis of liquid–liquid droplets fission and encapsulation in single/two layer microfluidic devices fabricated by xurographic method

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Lim, Chang Nong, Koh, Kai Seng, Ren, Yong, Chin, Jit Kai, Shi, Yong and Yan, Yuying (2017) Analysis of liquid–liquid droplets fission and encapsulation in single/two layer microfluidic devices fabricated by xurographic method. Micromachines, 8 (2). 49/1-49/17. ISSN 2072-666X

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates a low cost fabrication approach for microscale droplet fission and encapsulation. Using a modified xurography method, rapid yet reliable microfluidic devices with flexible designs (single layer and double layer) are developed to enable spatial control of droplet manipulation. In this paper, two different designs are demonstrated, i.e., droplet fission (single layer) and droplet encapsulation (double layer). In addition, the current fabrication approach reduces the overall production interval with the introduction of a custom-made polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) aligner. Apart from that, the fabricated device is able to generate daughter droplets with the coefficient of variance (CV) below 5% and double emulsions with CV maintained within 10% without involvement of complex surface wettability modification.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/846486
Keywords: droplet manipulation, microfabrication, encapsulation, fission
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham Ningbo China > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Nottingham, Malaysia > Faculty of Science and Engineering — Engineering > Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Identification Number: 10.3390/mi8020049
Depositing User: LIN, Zhiren
Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2017 13:53
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:35
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/47169

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