How hollow are thermoresponsive hollow nanogels?

J Dubbert, T Honold, JS Pedersen, A Radulescu… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A main challenge in colloid science is the development of smart delivery systems that store
and protect actives from degradation and allow release in response to an external stimulus …

Mechanical characterization of cross-linked serum albumin microcapsules

C De Loubens, J Deschamps, M Georgelin, A Charrier… - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Controlling the deformation of microcapsules and capsules is essential in numerous
biomedical applications. The mechanical properties of the membrane of microcapsules …

Monodisperse and Fast-Responsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgels with Open-Celled Porous Structure

CL Mou, XJ Ju, L Zhang, R Xie, W Wang, NN Deng… - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
A simple and efficient method is developed to fabricate monodisperse and fast-responsive
poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) microgels with open-celled porous structure. First …

Supramolecular colloidosomes: fabrication, characterisation and triggered release of cargo

G Stephenson, RM Parker, Y Lan, Z Yu… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a one-step method of assembling supramolecular colloidosomes at the interface
of microfluidic droplets. The self-assembly process utilises a versatile CB [8] host–guest …

Nanoscale spatially resolved infrared spectra from single microdroplets

T Müller, FS Ruggeri, AJ Kulik, U Shimanovich… - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics has emerged as a powerful platform allowing a large number of
individual reactions to be carried out in spatially distinct microcompartments. Due to their …

Coaxial flow focusing in poly (dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic devices

TM Tran, S Cater, AR Abate - Biomicrofluidics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We have developed a coaxial flow focusing geometry that can be fabricated using soft
lithography in poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS). Like coaxial flow focusing in glass capillary …

Parallelised production of fine and calibrated emulsions by coupling flow-focusing technique and partial wetting phenomenon

C Cohen, R Giles, V Sergeyeva, N Mittal… - Microfluidics and …, 2014 - Springer
The capacity of microfluidic technology to fabricate monodisperse emulsion droplets is well
established. Parallelisation of droplet production is a prerequisite for using such an …

微流控法制备新型微颗粒功能材料研究新进展

汪伟, 谢锐, 巨晓洁, 褚良银 - 化工学报, 2014 - hgxb.cip.com.cn
微颗粒功能材料在药物传送与控制释放, 活性物质封装保护, 微反应以及微分离等方面具有极其
广泛的应用. 相对于传统的微颗粒制备方法, 近年来发展起来的微流控技术为可控制备具有不同 …

Redox-responsive organometallic microgel particles prepared from poly (ferrocenylsilane) s generated using microfluidics

A den Berg, G áJulius Vancso - Chemical communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We describe a novel and versatile method for the fabrication of poly (ferrocenylsilane)(PFS)
based microspheres using microfluidics. Cross-linked microgel particles were obtained by …

The Non‐effect of Polymer‐Network Inhomogeneities in Microgel Volume Phase Transitions: Support for the Mean‐Field Perspective

A Habicht, W Schmolke, F Lange… - Macromolecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoresponsive polymer gels exhibit pronounced swelling and deswelling upon changes
in temperature, making them attractive for applications in sensing and actuation. This …