Citation:
Kanai, T. ; Nakai, H. ; Yamada, A. ; Fukuyama, M. ; Weitz, D. A. Preparation of monodisperse hybrid gel particles with various morphologies via flow rate and temperature control. Soft Matter 2019, 15, 6934-6937. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/y227wllj
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Abstract:
We report a facile method for preparing monodisperse hybrid smart gel particles with various morphologies by using microfluidic techniques and the swelling–shrinking phenomenon of thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) gel particles. We demonstrate that PNIPAM–polyacrylamide snowman-like, raspberry-like, and dumbbell-like hybrid gel particles can be prepared by controlling the flow rate and temperature.