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Main advantages:
• Target-size
micro- and nanodrops,
with negligible size
deviation, are obtained
in just one step, with
no external excitation
source, and without
additional purification
steps.
• Flow Focusing
produces smaller drops
than most other technologies,
where drop size is determined
by the nozzle dimension.
• Flow Focusing
is compatible with multiple
fluid combinations (liquid-liquid,
liquid-gas) with different
physical-chemical properties
(gas, simple liquids,
complex solutions, emulsions,
suspensions, etc).
• This technology
is suitable for particle
design, involving freely-chosen
morphology, surface
treatment and composition:
homogeneous particles,
two-phase capsules or
hollow capsules.
• Due to the
special flow geometry,
the drop generating
fluid is scarcely stressed;
therefore Flow Focusing
is remarkably adequate
for using it with labile
compounds solutions
(proteins, cells and
similar).
• High input
energy system with a
high frequency uniform
drop production.
• FF topology
can be consistently
and robustly scaled
up into two-dimensional
arrays for mass-production
of drops.
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