Spherical and Non-Spherical Double Emulsions with Multiple Components

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Abstract

Monodispersed double emulsions, drops inside of drops, with multiple and tunable components are generated using microfluidics. A fluid dynamic model based on fast camera images of the single step emulsification technique is being developed to determine the critical separation between channels in the injection capillary; this model addresses the maximium number of distinct drops that can be controllably loaded inside a double emulsion for a given diameter capillary. New stable, non-spherical emulsions with two and three different components, Janus and Cerberus emulsions, are also reported.

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Authors

  • Laura Adams

    Harvard University

  • Thomas Kodger

    Harvard University

  • Jacy Bird

    MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University

  • Shin-Hyun Kim

    Harvard University, Department of Physics and Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

  • Louise Jawerth

    Harvard University

  • Vinothan Manoharan

    Harvard University, Harvard, Harvard University, Dept. of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard SEAS and Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Department of Physics, Harvard University

  • David Weitz

    Harvard University, Department of Physics and Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA