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Generation of Monodisperse Particles by Using Microfluidics: Control over Size, Shape, and Composition
Author(s) -
Xu Shengqing,
Nie Zhihong,
Seo Minseok,
Lewis Patrick,
Kumacheva Eugenia,
Stone Howard A.,
Garstecki Piotr,
Weibel Douglas B.,
Gitlin Irina,
Whitesides George M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200462226
Subject(s) - dispersity , microfluidics , microchannel , materials science , rod , nanotechnology , polymerization , colloid , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , polymer , composite material , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Small‐scale engineering : A new strategy for the production of monodisperse colloid particles with precise control of their size, shape, and composition has been developed. Highly monodisperse liquid droplets are formed by using a microfluidic device. The droplets are shaped in a microchannel (spheres, disks, and rods; see images) and solidified in situ by either polymerization or thermal setting.