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  • Coaxial Capillary Microfluidic Chips Modified with Poly(vinyl alcohol) for the Long-term Production of Uniform Oil Droplets

  • Guk-Young Ahn*, **,# , Inseong Choi*, **,# , Se Hee Hwang*, **, Jong Hwa Seo*, **, Eun Seo Kim*, **, Do-Hyun Oh*, **, Young-Hyun Ryu*, **, Min-Ho Kang*, **,† , and Sung-Wook Choi*, **,†

  • *Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea, 43 Jibong-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Korea
    **Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, 43 Jibong-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Korea

  • 균일한 에멀젼의 연속 생산을 위해 폴리비닐 알코올로 개질한 동축 정렬 캐필러리 미세유체장치

  • 안국영*, **,# · 최인성*, **,# · 황세희*, ** · 서종화*, ** · 김은서*, ** · 오도현*, ** · 류영현*, ** · 강민호*, **,† · 최성욱*, **,†

  • *가톨릭대학교 바이오메디컬화학공학과, **가톨릭대학교 생명공학과

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
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This Article

  • 2023; 47(5): 582-589

    Published online Sep 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.5.582
  • Received on Mar 7, 2023
  • Revised on May 29, 2023
  • Accepted on Jul 28, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Min-Ho Kang. Sung-Wook Choi

  • *Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea, 43 Jibong-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Korea
    **Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, 43 Jibong-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Korea

  • E-mail: mhkang@catholic.ac.kr, choisw@catholic.ac.kr