Controlling the morphology of polyurea microcapsules using microfluidics

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 13405-13410

  Polenz, Ingmar ^a,b   Datta, Sujit S ^a,c   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROFLUIDICS; MORPHOLOGY;

MICROCAPSULES; MONO-DISPERSE; NON-AQUEOUS; OIL-IN-WATER; POLYUREA MICROCAPSULES; SHELL THICKNESS; WATER-IN-OIL;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 84911072107     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la503234z     Document Type: Article

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