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Main Authors: Rubio, A., Montanero, J. M., Vakili, M., Koua, F. H. M., Bajt, S., Chapman, H. N., Gañán-Calvo, A. M.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20965
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author Rubio, A.
Montanero, J. M.
Vakili, M.
Koua, F. H. M.
Bajt, S.
Chapman, H. N.
Gañán-Calvo, A. M.
author_facet Rubio, A.
Montanero, J. M.
Vakili, M.
Koua, F. H. M.
Bajt, S.
Chapman, H. N.
Gañán-Calvo, A. M.
contents We have produced superstable compound liquid microjets with a three-dimensional printed coaxial flow-focusing injector. The aqueous jet core is surrounded by a shell, a few hundred nanometers in thickness, of a low-concentration aqueous solution of a low-molecular-weight polymer. Due to the stabilizing effect of the polymeric shell, the minimum liquid flow rate leading to stable flow-focusing is decreased by one order of magnitude, resulting in much thinner and longer jets. Possible applications of this technique for Serial Femtosecond X-ray Crystallography are discussed.
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spellingShingle Superstability of micrometer jets surrounded by a polymeric shell
Rubio, A.
Montanero, J. M.
Vakili, M.
Koua, F. H. M.
Bajt, S.
Chapman, H. N.
Gañán-Calvo, A. M.
Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
We have produced superstable compound liquid microjets with a three-dimensional printed coaxial flow-focusing injector. The aqueous jet core is surrounded by a shell, a few hundred nanometers in thickness, of a low-concentration aqueous solution of a low-molecular-weight polymer. Due to the stabilizing effect of the polymeric shell, the minimum liquid flow rate leading to stable flow-focusing is decreased by one order of magnitude, resulting in much thinner and longer jets. Possible applications of this technique for Serial Femtosecond X-ray Crystallography are discussed.
title Superstability of micrometer jets surrounded by a polymeric shell
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20965