期刊
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
卷 573, 期 -, 页码 205-210出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.034
关键词
Janus particle; Microfluidics; Hydrogel particle
资金
- European Research Council [ERC-339678-COMPASS]
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation [KAW 2014.0052]
We present a simple microfluidic-based synthesis protocol to fabricate snowman like Janus hydrogel particles of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) in micron length scale. Particles are synthesized by emulsifying a hydrogel solution (water (w)/oil (o)) followed by partial solvent evaporation. Solvent evaporation allows the hydrogels to concentrate within the droplet and phase separate into a monomer-abundant and a sparse phase. Due to the difference in interfacial tension and chemical properties of the two phases, emulsion droplets are deformed into snowman like Janus droplets. After cross-linking the monomer by UV irradiation, the particles are transferred into water. The resulting Janus colloids exhibit thermo-responsive behavior and form self-assembled structures.
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