The invention belongs to the technical field of
microfluidics, and particularly relates to a
microfluidic chip and a method for preparing liquid drops in a high-flux and large-scale manner. A step emulsification structure and a
liquid drop splitting structure are used together, a
liquid drop generation structure is arranged at the communication position of a
branch splitting channel and a
main channel unit correspondingly communicated with the
branch splitting channel, a dispersion phase necks at the
liquid drop generation structure under the action of interfacial tension to form liquid drops, and the liquid drops are generated under the leading of the interfacial tension, so that the dispersion phase is uniform in dispersion. Therefore, the size of the liquid drops is basically determined by the
channel width of the liquid drop generation structure, the
branch splitting channel is designed to be wide, the influence of manufacturing errors on the uniformity of the generated liquid drops can be reduced, the branch splitting channel is designed to be a plurality of serpentine channels, and the uniformity of the liquid drops is improved while high-flux liquid drop preparation is guaranteed; and then the liquid drops flow through the
main channel unit and are converged into the main splitting channel, and the liquid drops are uniformly split into liquid drops with smaller sizes through the liquid drop splitting structure, so that the preparation of the liquid drops with
high flux and uniform sizes is realized.