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Thesis A novel method of producing microbubbles for targeted drug delivery. Microbubbles, currently employed in diagnostic ultrasound as a contrast agent, have a potential new application as vehicles for targeted drug delivery, which could revolutionise medicine by eliminating side-effects. A new device is developed which outperforms all existing devices in terms of minimum microbubble size:channel diameter ratio. A numerical model is established to describe the flow behaviour and it is determined that the flow regime and resulting microbubble size are dependent on the ratio of inner- to outer Weber number. Fiabane, Joe PhD Doctoral 2016-01-31 Ketan Pancholi, Paul Prentice, Iain Steel and Peter K.J. Robertson oai:rgu-repository.worktribe.com:248851 https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/248851/1/FIABANE%202016%20A%20novel%20method%20of%20producing%20microbubbles Northern Research Partnership RGU Internal Funding University of Dundee EU Framework Programme 7 Microfluidics Microbubbles Drug delivery Jet breakup Turbulence Weber number CFD Fluent http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1579 2016 en openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Public