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Microfluidic Approaches for the Study of Emulsions: Transport of Solutes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

Philipp Gruner ,
Yousr Skhiri ,
Benoit Semin ,
Quentin Brosseau ,
Andrew D. Griffiths ,
Valérie Taly  and
Jean-Christophe Baret
Philipp Gruner
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization, Am Fassberg 17, Goettingen, Germany.
Yousr Skhiri
Affiliation:
Université Paris Descartes, 45 Rue des Saints-Pères, Paris, France. ISIS-CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg, France.
Benoit Semin
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization, Am Fassberg 17, Goettingen, Germany.
Quentin Brosseau
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization, Am Fassberg 17, Goettingen, Germany.
Andrew D. Griffiths
Affiliation:
ISIS-CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg, France.
Valérie Taly
Affiliation:
Université Paris Descartes, 45 Rue des Saints-Pères, Paris, France.
Jean-Christophe Baret
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization, Am Fassberg 17, Goettingen, Germany.
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Abstract

Molecular transport as an ageing process in emulsions is revisited using microfluidic droplet production, manipulation and analysis. We show how microfluidic systems provide extremely quantitative insights into the phenomenon. We designed microfluidic systems to address the specificity of molecular transport in fluorinated oils and showed the role of the surfactant solubilised in the oil phase on the time scale of the exchange and rationalize the effect of water soluble additives on the exchange rate. Finally, we also demonstrate that the droplet packing influences the exchange rate through the number of first neighbours.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1530: Symposium XX – Materials and Concepts for Biomedical Sensing , 2013 , mrsf12-1530-xx02-01
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