Generation of liquid metal double emulsion droplets using gravity-induced microfluidics.

ABSTRACT: Several microfluidic applications are available for liquid metal droplet generation, but the surface oxidation of liquid metal has placed limitations on its application. Multiphase microfluidics makes it possible to protect the inner droplets by producing the structure of double emulsion droplets. Thus, the generation of liquid metal double emulsion droplets has been developed to prevent the surface oxidation of Galinstan. However, the generation using common methods faces considerable challenges due to the gravity effect introduced from the high density of liquid metal, making it difficult for the shell phase to wrap the inner phase. To overcome this obstacle, we introduce an innovative method - a gravity-induced microfluidic device - to creatively generate controllable liquid metal doubl

SUBMITTER: Fan Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295136 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature