Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 26, Issue 7, Pages 5115-5121Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la903592s
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- EPSRC [EP/E045839]
- UCL
- EPSRC [EP/E045839/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/E045839/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The feasibility of producing a hollow microsphere with a single hole in its shell by coaxial electrohydrodynamic atomization (CEHDA) is demonstrated. polymethylsilsesquioxane (PMSQ) was used as a model shell material encapsulating a core of a volatile liquid, perfluorohexane (PFH), which was subsequently evaporated to produce the hollow microspheres. The diameters of the microspheres and of the single surface pore were controlled by varying the flow rate of the components, the concentration of the PMSQ solution, and the applied voltage in the CEHDA process. The particles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, and the ranges obtained were 275-860 rim for the microsphere diameter and 35-135 nm for the pore size. The process overcomes several of the key problems associated with existing methods of monoporous microsphere formation including removing the need for elevated temperatures, multiple processing steps, and the use of surfactants and other additives.
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