title: Snap-off production of monodisperse droplets.
abstract: We introduce a novel technique to produce monodisperse droplets through the snap-off mechanism. The methodology is simple, versatile, and requires no specialized or expensive components. The droplets produced have polydispersity < 1% and can be as small as 2.5 μm radius. A convenient feature is that the droplet size is constant over a 100-fold change in flow rate, while at higher flows the droplet size can be continuously adjusted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barkley
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Emory University, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Eric R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Weeks
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. dalnoki@mcmaster.ca.|PCT Lab, UMR CNRS 7083 Gulliver, ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University, Paris, France. dalnoki@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dalnoki-Veress
keywords: Tips and Tricks