Fabrication of shape controllable Janus alginate/pNIPAAm microgels via microfluidics technique and off-chip ionic cross-linking

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1885-1891

  Hu, Yuandu ^a   Wang, Shibo ^a   Abbaspourrad, Alireza ^c   Ardekani, Arezoo M ^a,b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; DROPS; GLYCEROL; MICROFLUIDICS;

DROPLET SIZES; FORMATION PROCESS; GLYCEROL CONCENTRATION; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; IONIC CROSS LINKING; MONO-DISPERSE; SURFACE DETAILS; WATER SOLUTIONS;

GELS;

EID: 84923205520     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la504422j     Document Type: Article

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