Use of tailored hydrodynamic conditions to trigger reactions by drop coalescence in microfluidic devices

微流控系统为严格控制反应条件提供了许多优点，从而提高了选择性和收率。该项目将利用最近的研究成果，利用表面活性物质的组合来控制液滴混合，在液滴之间的界面上诱导马兰戈尼流。将研究物质吸收和表面弛豫的时间尺度之间的相互作用，以实现控制反应环境的新方法。

Microfluidic systems offer many advantages for tight control of reaction conditions enabling improved selectivity and yield. This project will exploit recent work on control of droplet mixing using a combination of surface active species to induce Marangoni flows at the interfaces between drops as they coalesce. The interplay between the timescales of species absorption and surface relaxation will be investigated to enable novel methods of controlling the reaction environment.