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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep20793
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) [24104002]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [24680033, 24651159, 26610112, 26280097, 22220001]
- Grant Program of The Sumitomo Foundation [131130]
- JSPS fellowship for young scientists [23-1819, 15J11385]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26610112, 26280097, 15J11385, 24104002, 24651159, 24680033] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We report a versatile method for the generation of complex-shaped three-dimensional multi-compartmental (3D-MC) microparticles. Complex-shaped microparticles have recently received much attention for potential application in self-assemblies, micromachines, and biomedical and environmental engineering. Here, we have developed a method based on 3D nonequilibrium-induced microflows (Marangoni and diffusional flows) of microdroplets that are discharged from the tip of a thin capillary in a simple centrifugal microfluidic device. The microparticle shapes can be tuned by the partial dissolution of specific compartments and by the deformation of the precursor microdroplets by manipulating the 3D microflows. We believe that this method will have wide applications in nano-and microscience and technologies.
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