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Microfluidic production of snowman-shaped Janus hydrogel particles

Ghosh, Somnath LU and Schurtenberger, Peter LU orcid (2019) In Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 573. p.205-210
Abstract

We present a simple microfluidic-based synthesis protocol to fabricate snowman like Janus hydrogel particles of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) in micron length scale. Particles are synthesized by emulsifying a hydrogel solution (water (w)/oil (o)) followed by partial solvent evaporation. Solvent evaporation allows the hydrogels to concentrate within the droplet and phase separate into a monomer-abundant and a sparse phase. Due to the difference in interfacial tension and chemical properties of the two phases, emulsion droplets are deformed into snowman like Janus droplets. After cross-linking the monomer by UV irradiation, the particles are transferred into water. The resulting Janus colloids exhibit thermo-responsive behavior and... (More)

We present a simple microfluidic-based synthesis protocol to fabricate snowman like Janus hydrogel particles of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) in micron length scale. Particles are synthesized by emulsifying a hydrogel solution (water (w)/oil (o)) followed by partial solvent evaporation. Solvent evaporation allows the hydrogels to concentrate within the droplet and phase separate into a monomer-abundant and a sparse phase. Due to the difference in interfacial tension and chemical properties of the two phases, emulsion droplets are deformed into snowman like Janus droplets. After cross-linking the monomer by UV irradiation, the particles are transferred into water. The resulting Janus colloids exhibit thermo-responsive behavior and form self-assembled structures.

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Hydrogel particle, Janus particle, Microfluidics
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Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
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10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.034
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  author       = {{Ghosh, Somnath and Schurtenberger, Peter}},
  issn         = {{0927-7757}},
  keywords     = {{Hydrogel particle; Janus particle; Microfluidics}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{205--210}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects}},
  title        = {{Microfluidic production of snowman-shaped Janus hydrogel particles}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.034}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.034}},
  volume       = {{573}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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