Generation of Monodisperse Particles by Using Microfluidics: Control over Size, Shape, and Composition

作者：Shengqing Xu, Zhihong Nie, Minseok Seo, Patrick C. Lewis, Eugenia Kumacheva, Howard A. Stone, Piotr Garstecki, Douglas B. Weibel, Irina Gitlin, George M. Whitesides · 发表于：Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 年份：2004 · DOI：10.1002/anie.200462226 · 被引用次数：832 · 研究领域：Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation、Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies、Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications

Small-scale engineering: A new strategy for the production of monodisperse colloid particles with precise control of their size, shape, and composition has been developed. Highly monodisperse liquid droplets are formed by using a microfluidic device. The droplets are shaped in a microchannel (spheres, disks, and rods; see images) and solidified in situ by either polymerization or thermal setting.