Jetting to dripping transition: Critical aspect ratio in step emulsifiers
Jetting to dripping transition: Critical aspect ratio in step emulsifiers
Fully three-dimensional, time-dependent, direct simulations of the non-ideal Navier-Stokes equations for a two-component fluid shed light into the mechanism which inhibits droplet breakup in step emulsifiers below a critical threshold of the width-to-height (w/h) ratio of the microfluidic nozzle. Below w/h ∼ 2.6, the simulations provide evidence of a smooth …