Patent Document ID: 9997344
Application ID: 14891620
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for producing a droplet, the method comprising: generating an electric field between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode is in electrical communication with a first fluidic channel and wherein the second electrode is contacted with a gas; flowing a first liquid through the first fluidic channel; flowing a second liquid through a second fluidic channel, wherein the second liquid is immiscible with the first liquid, and wherein the second fluidic channel is in fluidic communication with the first fluidic channel; contacting the first liquid with the second liquid at the junction of the first fluidic channel and the second fluidic channel; generating a discrete partition of the first liquid surrounded at least in part by the second liquid; flowing the discrete partition through a droplet emitter, the droplet emitter comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is in fluidic communication with the first channel and the distal end is contacted with the gas; and producing a droplet from the distal end of the droplet emitter, wherein the droplet is contacted with the gas, and wherein the droplet and the gas together comprise a double emulsion.