Abstract
We fabricated a simple fluidic device consisting of a needle, a glass capillary, and a Tygon® tube to produce oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion droplets. In the fluidic device, the flow rate of the continuous phase was adjusted by a syringe or peristaltic pump, where a syringe pump was used for the discontinuous phase. We compared the performance of the syringe and peristaltic pump for the continuous phase in terms of the average diameter and coefficient of variance of the resultant O/W emulsion droplets. It was found that uniform droplets could be obtained when the production frequency was well matched. In addition, the flow behavior of the discontinuous phase during droplet formation was monitored using a high-speed camera, observing the back pressure in the peristaltic pump. By employment of a peristaltic pump for the continuous phase, it was possible to prepare a large amount of emulsion droplets.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 557-561 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Research |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 Jan 1 |
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- Materials Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Chemical Engineering(all)
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Production of uniform emulsion droplets using a simple fluidic device with a peristaltic pump. / Hwang, Seok Joon; Moon, Seung Kwan; Kim, Sung Eun; Kim, Jung-Hyun; Choi, Sung Wook.
In: Macromolecular Research, Vol. 22, No. 5, 01.01.2014, p. 557-561.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Production of uniform emulsion droplets using a simple fluidic device with a peristaltic pump
AU - Hwang, Seok Joon
AU - Moon, Seung Kwan
AU - Kim, Sung Eun
AU - Kim, Jung-Hyun
AU - Choi, Sung Wook
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - We fabricated a simple fluidic device consisting of a needle, a glass capillary, and a Tygon® tube to produce oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion droplets. In the fluidic device, the flow rate of the continuous phase was adjusted by a syringe or peristaltic pump, where a syringe pump was used for the discontinuous phase. We compared the performance of the syringe and peristaltic pump for the continuous phase in terms of the average diameter and coefficient of variance of the resultant O/W emulsion droplets. It was found that uniform droplets could be obtained when the production frequency was well matched. In addition, the flow behavior of the discontinuous phase during droplet formation was monitored using a high-speed camera, observing the back pressure in the peristaltic pump. By employment of a peristaltic pump for the continuous phase, it was possible to prepare a large amount of emulsion droplets.
AB - We fabricated a simple fluidic device consisting of a needle, a glass capillary, and a Tygon® tube to produce oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion droplets. In the fluidic device, the flow rate of the continuous phase was adjusted by a syringe or peristaltic pump, where a syringe pump was used for the discontinuous phase. We compared the performance of the syringe and peristaltic pump for the continuous phase in terms of the average diameter and coefficient of variance of the resultant O/W emulsion droplets. It was found that uniform droplets could be obtained when the production frequency was well matched. In addition, the flow behavior of the discontinuous phase during droplet formation was monitored using a high-speed camera, observing the back pressure in the peristaltic pump. By employment of a peristaltic pump for the continuous phase, it was possible to prepare a large amount of emulsion droplets.
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JO - Macromolecular Research
JF - Macromolecular Research
SN - 1598-5032
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