Table I

Equipment and Materials Used in the Study

EquipmentModel/ Supplier/Location
Stainless steel nozzles (1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 mm ID; 90 mm long)INOVA (OPTIMA Pharma GmbH, Germany)
Glass nozzles (1.8 and 2.4 mm ID; 90 mm long)Pegasus Industrial Specialties Inc. (Cambridge, Ontario)
Pump controller module (micro linear actuator)Watson-Marlow (Ringsted, Denmark)/Flexicon
ROBO Cylinder linear actuatorIAI America (Torrence, CA)
PETG bottleThermo Fisher Scientific Inc/Nalgene Nunc International Corporation (Waltham, MA)
Peristaltic pump and controller
High-speed camera
Cone and plate rheometer
Contact angle meter
Watson-Marlow (Ringsted, Denmark)/Flexicon
Hindsight GigE, 20/20 Hindsight, Monitoring Technology Corp., (Fairfax, VA)
Physica MCR 501with CP20-0.5 measuring cone, Anton Paar GmbH (Austria)
Model OCA15, FDS Corp. (Garden City, NY)
MaterialsSupplier/Model
Syringes (1.0 mL long 27G ½ inch staked needle)Becton Dickinson (Swedesboro, NJ)/Hypak Type 1 glass syringes
Platinum-cured silicone tubing (1.6 mm and 3.2 mm ID)Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (Taunton, MA)/Sani-Tech
Y-connectors and fittingsValue Plastics (Fort Collins, CO)
Formulation bufferGenentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA)
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) powderSeraCare Life Sciences (Milford, MA)