Facile and highly efficient microencapsulation of a phase change material using tubular microfluidics

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 422, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-67

  Lone, Saifullah ^a   Lee, Hyang Moo ^a   Kim, Gyu Man ^a   Koh, Won Gun ^b   Cheong, In Woo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Energy storage; Microcapsules; Microfluidics; Phase change materials; Polyurea

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMULSIFICATION; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROFLUIDICS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYCONDENSATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

AQUEOUS MIXTURES; AVERAGE SIZE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; DIBUTYLTIN DILAURATE; ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE; MICROCAPSULES; MONO-DISPERSE; N-OCTADECANE; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); PHASE CHANGE; POLYUREA MICROCAPSULES; POLYUREAS; SITU POLYCONDENSATION; TETRAETHYLENEPENTAMINE; TUBE LENGTH;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

DIBUTYLTIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ISOPHORONE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TEPA; UREA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMULSION; FLOW RATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID; MATERIALS; MICROCAPSULE; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84873953039     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.01.035     Document Type: Article

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