@article {156466,
	title = {Microfluidic generation of multifunctional quantum dot barcode particles},
	journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
	volume = {133},
	number = {23},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {8790-8793},
	abstract = {We develop a new strategy to prepare quantum dot (QD) barcode particles by polymerizing double-emulsion droplets prepared in capillary microfluidic devices. The resultant barcode particles are composed of stable QD-tagged core particles surrounded by hydrogel shells. These particles exhibit uniform spectral characteristics and excellent coding capability, as confirmed by photoluminescence analyses. By using double-emulsion droplets with two inner droplets of distinct phases as templates, we have also fabricated anisotropic magnetic barcode particles with two separate cores or with a Janus core. These particles enable optical encoding and magnetic separation, thus making them excellent functional barcode particles in biomedical applications.},
	url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja200729w},
	author = {Zhao, Yuanjin and Shum, Ho Cheung and Chen, Haosheng and Adams, Laura L. A. and Gu, Zhongze and Weitz, David A}
}
