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US 2006/0079585 A1Published application
Process and apparatus for producing emulsion and microcapsules
AssigneeJapan Science and Technology Corporation
InventorsToshiro Higuchi, Toru Torii, Takashi Nishisako, Tomohiro Taniguchi
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for rapidly producing an emulsion and microcapsules in a simple manner is provided wherein a dispersion phase is ejected from a dispersion phase-feeding port toward a continuous phase flowing in a microchannel in such a manner that flows of the dispersion phase and the continuous phase cross each other, thereby obtaining microdroplets, formed by the shear force of the continuous phase, having a size smaller than the width of the channel for feeding the dispersion phase.
Claims3
An apparatus for producing an emulsion, comprising:
- (a) an elastic member disposed between rigid members, placed at a lower section of a liquid chamber for a dispersion phase, having a plurality of microchannels therein;
- (b) an actuator for applying a stress to the elastic member;
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- (c) a continuous phase communicatively connected to a plurality of the microchannels.
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