Spherical and Non-Spherical Double Emulsions with Multiple Components

ORAL

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