Dripping, Jetting, Drops and Wetting: the Magic of Microfluidics

@article{Utada2007DrippingJD,
  title={Dripping, Jetting, Drops and Wetting: the Magic of Microfluidics},
  author={Andrew S. Utada and Liang‐Yin Chu and Alberto Fern{\'a}ndez-Nieves and Darren R. Link and Christian Holtze and David A. Weitz},
  journal={Mrs Bulletin},
  year={2007},
  volume={32},
  pages={702-708}
}
The following article is based on the Symposium X presentation given by David A. Weitz (Harvard University) on April 11, 2007, at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco. The article describes how simple microfluidic devices can be used to control fluid flow and produce a variety of new materials. Based on the concepts of coaxial flow and hydrodynamically focused flow, used alone or in various combinations, the devices can produce precisely controlled double emulsions… 
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