Creation of Nonspherical Microparticles through Osmosis‐Driven Arrested Coalescence of Microfluidic Emulsions

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 16; no. 9; pp. e1903884 - n/a
• Main Authors: Feng, Kai, Gao, Ning, Zhang, Wanlin, Zhou, Kang, Dong, Hao, Wang, Peng, Tian, Li, He, Guokang, Li, Guangtao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2020
• Subjects: arrested coalescence; Coalescing; Construction materials; Double emulsions; Emulsion polymerization; Ionic liquids; microfluidic emulsions; Microfluidics; Microparticles; Microreactors; Nanotechnology; nonspherical microparticles; Osmosis; osmotic pressure; Phase separation; Surface tension; Tumblers; microfluidic emulsions; osmotic pressure; arrested coalescence; ionic liquids; nonspherical microparticles

Droplet‐based microfluidics enable the production of emulsions and microparticles with spherical shapes, but the high‐throughput fabrication of nonspherical emulsions and microparticles still remains challenging because interfacial tension plays a dominant role during preparation. Herein, ionic liqu...