Morphology development during microconfined flow of viscous emulsions

作者：Vananroye Anja^*; Van Puyvelde Peter; Moldenaers Paula

来源：Applied Rheology, 2006, 16(5): 242-247.

• morphology
• blends
• emulsions
• microfluidics
• confinement

In this contribution, a brief review is given of the dynamics of emu Is ions in microconfined shear flow. The interest in confined flow is triggered by the increasing importance of microfluiclic applications in the processing industries. In a first part, some important aspects of confinement on single droplet dynamics are highlighted. The validity of the conclusions drawn from this part are subsequently applied to more concentrated systems. It is shown that microconfined emulsions can exhibit rich dynamics, and can display some peculiar morphologies.

• 出版日期2006