Publication Date:
2002-03-02
Description:
We report a method to generate steady coaxial jets of immiscible liquids with diameters in the range of micrometer/nanometer size. This compound jet is generated by the action of electro-hydrodynamic (EHD) forces with a diameter that ranges from tens of nanometers to tens of micrometers. The eventual jet breakup results in an aerosol of monodisperse compound droplets with the outer liquid surrounding or encapsulating the inner one. Following this approach, we have produced monodisperse capsules with diameters varying between 10 and 0.15 micrometers, depending on the running parameters.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Loscertales, I G -- Barrero, A -- Guerrero, I -- Cortijo, R -- Marquez, M -- Ganan-Calvo, A M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Mar 1;295(5560):1695-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad de Malaga, Plaza El Ejido, S/N Malaga 29013, Spain. loscertales@uma.es〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11872835" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Aerosols
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Capsules
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Chemistry, Physical
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Drug Compounding/*methods
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Electric Conductivity
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Electricity
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Emulsions
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*Nanotechnology
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Olive Oil
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Particle Size
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Physicochemical Phenomena
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Plant Oils
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Polymers
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Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
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Water
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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