Droplet pinchoff inside a tube: applications for droplet-on-demand devices

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Abstract

Recent Droplet-on-demand (DOD) devices use a voltage pulse on a piezoelectric disk to eject droplets from a nozzle. By replacing the standard nozzle with a short tube, doplet pinchoff can occur within the tube when activating the piezoelectric disk for certain pulse amplitudes and pulse widths. We will present the dynamics of droplet pinchoff inside the tube and its effect on droplet size in a modified DOD device.

*J. William Asher & Melanie J. Norton Endowed Fund in the SciencesDePauw Science Research FellowsNational Science Foundation CBET-2123371

Presenters

  • Jacob A Hale

    • DePauw University

Authors

  • Jacob A Hale

    • DePauw University
  • Benjamin Wilkerson

    • DePauw University
  • Nanami Mezaki

    • DePauw University