Single Microdroplet Breakup-Assisted Viscosity Measurement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Prepolymer Solution Preparation
2.2. Microfluidic Device Fabrication
2.3. Experimental Procedures
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Concentration (wt%) | Viscosity, μ (cP) |
---|---|---|
Water | 0 | 1.002 |
Alginate | 0.1 | 2.079 |
0.3 | 2.751 | |
0.5 | 4.659 | |
0.7 | 7.056 | |
1 | 10.609 | |
GelMA | 3 | 1.210 |
5 | 4.690 | |
8 | 11.220 |
Parameters | Length, L1 | Length, L2 | ||||
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Qc = 500 μL/h | Qc = 500 μL/h | |||||
Qd = 200 μL/h | Qd = 400 μL/h | Qd = 600 μL/h | Qd = 200 μL/h | Qd = 400 μL/h | Qd = 600 μL/h | |
69.190 | 71.784 | 74.669 | 34.600 | 44.036 | 44.253 | |
0.023 | 0.038 | 0.077 | 0.097 | 0.088 | 0.177 | |
R2 | 0.973 | 0.998 | 0.990 | 0.940 | 0.975 | 0.999 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleJang, Yeongseok, Hwabok Wee, Jonghyun Oh, and Jinmu Jung. 2022. "Single Microdroplet Breakup-Assisted Viscosity Measurement" Micromachines 13, no. 4: 558. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13040558