TY - JOUR
TI - Influence on droplet formation in the presence of nanoparticles in a microfluidic T-junction
AU - Wang Rui-Jin
AU - Li Zhi-Hua
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 5
SP - 1429
EP - 1432
PT - Article
AB - The droplet formation in the presence of nanoparticles was studied in a  T-shaped microfluidic device numerically. Nanoparticles in continuous phase  did not influence droplet formation dynamics obviously. Contrarily, the  presence of nanoparticles in dispersed phase will influence evidently droplet  formation dynamics, the possible reason is that the accumulation of  nanoparticles at the liquid-liquid interface would cause the variation of  interfacial tension and the anisotropy of nanoparticles’ movement at  interface. Discussions on microscopic mechanism of droplet formation in the  presence of nanoparticles were carried out.