Facile synthesis of highly tunable monodispersed calcium hydroxide composite particles by using a two-step ion exchange reaction

Yang, Chih-Hui; Wang, Ya-Chin; Wang, Ta-Chen; Chang, Yi-Ching; Lin, Yun-Chul; Chen, Pei-Fan; Huang, Weijie; Wen, Hsin‐Yi; Lin, Yumei; Kuo, Wen-Shuo; Wang, Yiting

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“…for manipulating the hydrophobicity of microchannels) during or after fabrication process of the device 34 . Furthermore, these results demonstrate greater reliability of the proposed method for the production of spherical microgels than other studies existing in literature, which suffered from the production of drop-like particles even after implementing several steps in the production process 21 .…”

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“…This setup allowed on-chip external gelation of precursor droplets without facing the complications of on-chip gelation in microfluidic droplet generators. Here, the external gelation method was used due to its advantages over internal gelation in the production of microgels especially for encapsulation purposes 20 , 21 . The 3-dimensional fluid flow in step geometry helps complete and 3-dimensional shielding of the dispersed phase, which in turn facilitates external gelation of precursor solution droplets and on-chip production of microgels.…”

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Microfluidic on-chip production of microgels using combined geometries

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Microfluidic on-chip production of microgels using external gelation can serve numerous applications that involve encapsulation of sensitive cargos. Nevertheless, on-chip production of microgels in microfluidic devices can be challenging due to problems induced by the rapid increase in precursor solution viscosity like clogging. Here, a novel design incorporating a step, which includes a sudden increase in cross-sectional area, before a flow-focusing nozzle was proposed for microfluidic droplet generators. Besides, a shielding oil phase was utilized to avoid the occurrence of emulsification and gelation stages simultaneously. The step which was located before the flow-focusing nozzle facilitated the full shielding of the dispersed phase due to 3-dimensional fluid flow in this geometry. The results showed that the microfluidic device was capable of generating highly monodispersed spherical droplets (CV < 2% for step and CV < 5% for flow-focusing nozzle) with an average diameter in the range of 90–190 μm, both in step and flow-focusing nozzle. Moreover, it was proved that the device could adequately create a shelter for the dispersed phase regardless of the droplet formation locus. The ability of this microfluidic device in the production of microgels was validated by creating alginate microgels (with an average diameter of ~ 100 μm) through an external gelation process with on-chip calcium chloride emulsion in mineral oil.

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confidence: 99%