Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

A general patterning approach by manipulating the evolution of two-dimensional liquid foams

  • Zhandong Huang,
  • Meng Su,
  • Qiang Yang,
  • Zheng Li,
  • Shuoran Chen,
  • Yifan Li,
  • Xue Zhou,
  • Fengyu Li,
  • Yanlin Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14110
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ostwald ripening is thermodynamically favoured in many liquid and gas systems, where small particles tend to dissolve into large ones. Against this effect, Huanget al. use patterned microstructures to guide the evolution of two-dimensional liquid foams as a platform for the assembly of nanoparticles.