Preparation of uniform microspheres using a simple fluidic device and their crystallization into close-packed lattices

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Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 454-459

  Choi, Sung Wook ^a   Cheong, In Woo ^b   Kim, Jung Hyun ^c   Xia, Younan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Close packed lattices; Fluidic devices; Microspheres; Microstructures; Polymeric materials

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CLOSE PACKED; CLOSE-PACKED LATTICES; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTIONS; EMULSION DROPLETS; INORGANIC MATERIALS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROPARTICLES; OIL IN WATERS; POLYMERIC MATERIALS; PRECISE CONTROLS; SEM; WATER-IN-OIL;

MICROSPHERES;

RUBUS GLAUCUS;

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROFLUIDICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES;

EID: 62749138481     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200801498     Document Type: Article

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