%0 Journal Article
	%A Bahram Talebjedi and  Amirmohammad Sattari and  Ahmed Zoher Sihorwala and  Mina Hoorfar
	%D 2021
	%J International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 173, 2021
	%T Geometrical Based Unequal Droplet Splitting Using Microfluidic Y-Junction
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10012038
	%V 173
	%X Among different droplet manipulations, controlled droplet-splitting is of great significance due to its ability to increase throughput and operational capability. Furthermore, unequal droplet-splitting can provide greater flexibility and a wider range of dilution factors. In this study, we developed two-dimensional, time-dependent complex fluid dynamics simulations to model droplet formation in a flow focusing device, followed by splitting in a Y-shaped junction with sub-channels of unequal widths. From the results obtained from the numerical study, we correlated the diameters of the droplets in the sub-channels to the Weber number, thereby demarcating the droplet splitting and non-splitting regimes.

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