Single-step microfluidic fabrication of soft monodisperse polyelectrolyte microcapsules by interfacial complexation.

Kaufman, Gilad; Boltyanskiy, Rostislav; Nejati, Siamak; Thiam, Abdou R; Loewenberg, Michael; Dufresne, Eric R; Osuji, Chinedum O · Lab Chip · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Common methods for fabrication of polyelectrolyte microcapsules rely on a multi-step process. We propose a single-step approach to generate polyelectrolyte microcapsules with 1-2 μm shells based on polyelectrolyte complexation across a water/oil droplet interface and study the effect of parameters controlling the polyelectrolyte complexation on shell thickness.

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