公开(公告)号：US12168230B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-17

申请号：US16976384

申请日：2019-02-28

Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY

Inventor： Takasi Nisisako ,  Naotomo Tottori

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  B01F23/231 ,  B01F23/2373 ,  B01F23/41 ,  B01F25/441 ,  B01F33/3012

Abstract: The invention provides a microdroplet- or bubble-producing device that does not require separate through-holes for different liquid droplet/air bubble-producing flow channels. The droplet-producing flow channels are configured in a three-dimensional manner unlike in a conventional device where they are configured in a two-dimensional plane, and therefore the flow channels can be provided in a more high-density configuration than the prior art. In the microdroplet/bubble-producing device comprising slit(s) and the row of the plurality of microflow channels, the slit(s) is/are a continuous phase supply slit, a dispersion phase supply slit and a discharge slit, the plurality of microflow channels are configured so that the ends of the slit(s) and the two supply ports on both sides or the supply port and discharge port on either side are mutually connected, and at the sites of connection between the microflow channels and the slit(s), the dispersion phase undergoes shear with the continuous phase flow as the driving force, producing droplets or air bubbles of the dispersion phase, which are recovered from the discharge port.