Harvard College

Esther Amstad

David A Weitz

David J Mooney

Angelo S Mao

Stefanie Utech

Raluca Ostafe

Huanan Wang

Radivoje Prodanovich

Connie Chang Wilking

The present invention generally relates to the production of fluidic droplets. Certain aspects of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for creating droplets by flowing a fluid from a first channel to a second channel through a plurality of side channels. The fluid exiting the side channels into the second channel may form a plurality of droplets, and in some embodiments, at very high droplet production rates. In addition, in some aspects, double or higher-order multiple emulsions may also be formed. In some embodiments, this may be achieved by forming multiple emulsions through a direct, synchronized production method and/or through the formation of a single emulsion that is collected and re-injected into a second microfluidic device to form double emulsions.

Rapid production of droplets

The invention relates to microparticles comprising a crosslinked gel and methods for making and using same.

Microparticles, methods for their preparation and use

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Lausanne, Switzerland

Esther Amstad