Microfluidics in Chemical Engineering
Multiphase Flow and Dispersion, Microreaction and Product Engineering
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Wei Wang, Da-Wei Pan, Xiao-Jie Ju, Liang-Yin Chu
- Language: English
Microfluidics for Chemical Engineering: Flow and Reaction, Microreaction, On-line Detection, and Product Engineering presents the fundamentals of microfluidic flow and dispersio… Read more
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Description
Description
Microfluidics for Chemical Engineering: Flow and Reaction, Microreaction, On-line Detection, and Product Engineering presents the fundamentals of microfluidic flow and dispersion and provides new insights on the use of microfluidics in the field of chemical engineering. The book provides a timely, comprehensive, and detailed overview, demonstrating this state-of-the-art methodology, research advances, and classic instances, and providing insightful, forward-looking perspectives. Content ranges from flow and dispersion in microfluidics, microreaction regulation via the coalesce and transfer of droplets, to product engineering regarding controllable fabrication of microparticles and microfibers with advanced functions.
The chapters clearly summarize the design concepts and general strategies involved as well as the involved mechanisms and classic instances. Instructive advice is also featured throughout on rational regulation of multiphase flows and interfaces in microfluidics, thus offering guidance for process intensification of chemical engineering. It is primarily written for advanced graduate/postdoc students and researchers chemical engineering, but with relevance to materials scientists, physical and materials (including polymer) chemists, physicists, biochemists, as well as pharmaceutical and biomedical scientists.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of microfluidic processes, devices, and applications for chemical engineering
- Pays special attention to relevant chemical engineering applications, such as reaction, environmental, and particle engineering
- Includes vivid schematics and illustrations throughout the book to enhance accessibility to relevant theory and technologies
- Examines what have typically been poorly covered topics such as membrane and microvalve sensors and the microfluidic production of functional particles and fibers
Readership
Readership
Researchers and advanced graduate and postdoc students in chemical engineering but also materials scientists, materials chemists and physical and materials (including polymer) chemists, physicists, biochemists, as well as pharmaceutical and biomedical scientists; Potential readers from diverse research areas may consider this book useful as a review and/or a fundamental reference, since the microfluidics involving flow dynamics, interface science and polymer chemistry in this book are fundamentally related to and important for numerous chemical or physical issues in the fields of chemical engineering, material science, chemistry, biomedical engineering, and environmental science; In addition, the knowledge related to the numerical model of multiphase flow in microscale as well as the design and creation of microfluidic devices are relevant to those audiences
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
Part I - Multiphase flow and dispersion in microfluidics
2. Controllable microfluidic dispersion of microscale fluids
3. Formation mechanisms of droplets in microfluidics
4. Hydrodynamics of multiphase flows in microfluidics
5. Scale-up of microfluidic devices for high-throughput droplet production
Part II - Microfluidics for microreaction
6. Controllable coalescence of droplets in microflow for microreaction
7. Transfer of droplets across microfluidic laminar interfaces for microreaction
8. Smart microfluidic devices equipped with responsive nanocatalysts for tunable microreaction
PART III - Microfluidics for product engineering
9. Microfluidic fabrication of functional homogeneous microparticles
10. Microfluidic fabrication of functional porous microparticles
11. Microfluidic fabrication of functional core-shell microparticles
12. Microfluidic fabrication of functional multicompartmental microparticles
13. Microfluidic fabrication of functional non-spherical microparticles
14. Microfluidic fabrication of functional microfibers
15. Summary and outlook
Part I - Multiphase flow and dispersion in microfluidics
2. Controllable microfluidic dispersion of microscale fluids
3. Formation mechanisms of droplets in microfluidics
4. Hydrodynamics of multiphase flows in microfluidics
5. Scale-up of microfluidic devices for high-throughput droplet production
Part II - Microfluidics for microreaction
6. Controllable coalescence of droplets in microflow for microreaction
7. Transfer of droplets across microfluidic laminar interfaces for microreaction
8. Smart microfluidic devices equipped with responsive nanocatalysts for tunable microreaction
PART III - Microfluidics for product engineering
9. Microfluidic fabrication of functional homogeneous microparticles
10. Microfluidic fabrication of functional porous microparticles
11. Microfluidic fabrication of functional core-shell microparticles
12. Microfluidic fabrication of functional multicompartmental microparticles
13. Microfluidic fabrication of functional non-spherical microparticles
14. Microfluidic fabrication of functional microfibers
15. Summary and outlook
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Wei Wang
Wei Wang is a Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering at Sichuan University, PR China. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Sichuan University in 2007 and 2012. His research interests include microfluidics, interfaces, and functional materials. He has published 150+ papers in peer-reviewed journals and written 10+ invited book chapters. He has received many honours and awards, including the Emerging Investigator 2014 of Lab on a Chip (The Royal Society of Chemistry), the Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Award - Youth Award issued by the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (2017), Second Prize of the State Technological Invention Award (2018), and First Prize of the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (2015, 2020).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, PR ChinaDP
Da-Wei Pan
Da-Wei Pan received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Sichuan University (SCU) in 2015 and 2019. He was a Post doctorate at the Research Center of Laser Fusion at the China Academy of Engineering Physics (2019-2021). He is currently working as an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering at Sichuan University, PR China. His research interests include microfluidics, multiphase flow, and process intensification.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, PR ChinaXJ
Xiao-Jie Ju
Xiao-Jie Ju is a Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering at Sichuan University, PR China. She received her Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University in 2008. Her research interests include controlled-release systems, targeting drug delivery and microfluidic technology. She has published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 10 invited book chapters. She has received many honours and awards, including the Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Award, the Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Award (Youth Award), and received First Prize in the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (2015 and 2020).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, PR ChinaLC
Liang-Yin Chu
Liang-Yin Chu is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and a Vice President of Sichuan University, PR China. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1995 from Northeastern University. Prof. Chu was promoted as a full professor of Chemical Engineering at Sichuan University in 1997 and became Director of the Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Filtration and Separation in 2001. He was a research fellow at the University of Tokyo (1999-2001) and a visiting scholar at Harvard University (2006-2007), ESPCI Paris (2007-2008) and the University of Birmingham (2011). He has received many honours and awards, including: Natural Science Awards issued by the Ministry of Education (2003) and the Sichuan Provincial Government (2015 and 2020), Distinguished Young Scholar issued by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2008), Distinguished Professor of Chang Jiang Scholars Program issued by the Ministry of Education (2009), the Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Award for Innovation issued by the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (2013 and 2022), Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2014), National Technological Invention Award (2018), Fellow of the Global Academy of Chinese Chemical Engineers (2021), the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation (2021) and Fellow of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (2022). His teaching and research are focused on microfluidics, mass transfer and separations, membrane science and technology, smart controlled-release systems, and functional materials. He has authored and co-authored more than 500 peer-reviewed journal articles, 81 patents, 7 books and 19 book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, PR China