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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2000
Alfonso Gañán-Calvo, Seville, ES;
Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, ES;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a stable capillary microjet and a monodisperse aerosol formed when the microjet dissociates. A variety of devices and methods are disclosed which allow for the formation of a stream of a first fluid (e.g. a liquid) characterized by forming a stable capillary microjet over a portion of the stream wherein the microjet portion of the stream is formed by a second fluid (e.g. a gas). The second fluid is preferably in a different state from the first fluid—liquid-gas or gas-liquid combinations. However, the first and second fluids may be two different fluids in miscible in each other. The stable capillary microjet comprises a diameter d,at a given point A in the stream characterized by the formula: