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3D Lattice Structure Control of Ordered Macroporous Material by Self‐Assembly of Liquid Droplets
Author(s) -
Iwai Yosuke,
Uchida Yoshiaki,
Yabu Hiroshi,
Nishiyama Norikazu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201600502
Subject(s) - materials science , template , microfluidics , macropore , lattice (music) , emulsion , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , self assembly , composite material , mesoporous material , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , acoustics , engineering , catalysis
Microfluidic devices, which can continuously fabricate single emulsion with monodispersed droplets having a pore diameter of more than 100 μm in large numbers, can be applied to manufacture ordered macroporous films. 3D ordered macroporous films with a diameter of more than 100 μm can be fabricated using ordered arrays of the monodispersed droplets as templates of the macropores, which are self‐assembled in the space between two parallel flat glass plates. As the gap between the glass plates increases, the number of the layer increases. Furthermore, in the case with two or more layers, the lattice structure of the macroporous films also changes due to the confinement effects.