Table 1.

Droplet diameters and director configurations observed for the liquid crystal droplets formed by the tested ionic liquids on various concentrations and flow ratios.

Ionic Liquid	Concentration (M)	R	Average Diameter (µm)	Std. Dev. (µm)	Comments	PDI (%)	Yield (Droplets/mm2)
SDS	0.02	5	107	19	Dominant radial configuration until R = 65, after which escaped radial is dominant	17	60
		20	110	35		12	27
		35	100	22		7	27
		50	86	30		14	19
		65	43	34		22	8
		80	56	33		16	11
		95	48	25		24	0
	0.2	5	103	12	Mixture of radial and escaped radial	33	28
		20	94	8		21	29
		35	91	13		19	19
		50	82	6		8	11
		65	81	6		8	8
		80	80	4		8	7
		95	79	8		8	6
C12MIMCl	0.02	5	102	10	Radial configuration across all ratios	10	40
		20	105	26		24	31
		35	94	16		17	35
		50	87	9		11	30
		65	85	8		10	21
		80	80	6		7	19
		95	74	6		8	21
	0.2	5	98	18	Mixture of radial and escaped radial	18	70
		20	93	22		23	25
		35	81	12		15	16
		50	75	11		15	15
		65	73	11		16	11
		80	72	12		17	9
		95	71	14		20	10
	0.4	5	115	43	Escaped radial	38	101
		20	120	57		47	30
		35	88	15		17	18
		50	79	12		15	13
		65	81	12		14	20
		80	78	23		29	6
		95	77	17		22	7
C10MIMCl	0.02	No droplets were formed
	0.2	No droplets were formed
	0.4	5	99	54	Mixture of different configurations	55	4
		20	115	56		49	6
		35	130	44		34	2
		50	131	37		28	1
		65	85	22		26	6
		80	101	26		26	3
		95	106	15		15	1
C8MIMCl	0.02	No droplets were formed
	0.2	–	–	–	Mixture of different configurations	–	–
		20	190	58		31	2
		35	132	49		37	12
		50	126	52		41	26
		65	114	45		40	28
		80	98	41		42	15
		95	90	21		23	2
	0.4	–	–	–	Mixture of different configurations	–	–
		20	160	80		50	0
		35	132	87		66	3
		50	111	35		31	13
		65	96	30		31	13
		80	102	25		25	3
		95	103	31		30	21