Microfluidic rheology of the multiple-emulsion globule transiting in a contraction tube through a boundary element method

• Published in: Chemical engineering science Vol. 97; pp. 328 - 336
• Main Authors: Tao, Jun, Song, Xiaoyan, Liu, Jinxia, Wang, Jingtao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 28.06.2013
• Subjects: Boundary element method; chemical engineering; Contraction tube; Deformation; Droplets; drugs; Emulsions; Globules; Internal structures; Mathematical analysis; Microfluidics; Multiple emulsions; Rheology; Transiting; Tubes; Internal structures; Transiting; Deformation; Contraction tube; Boundary element method; Multiple emulsions

Through a lately developed boundary element method, this paper investigates the rheology of the multiple-emulsion globule with various internal structures in a contraction tube. As fine templates to prepare microcapsules for targeted drug delivery, multiple emulsions (ME) with complex structures hav...