Porous supraparticle assembly through self-lubricating evaporating colloidal ouzo drops

Huanshu Tan; Sanghyuk Wooh; Hans-Jürgen Butt; Xuehua Zhang; Detlef Lohse

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08385-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Porous supraparticle assembly through self-lubricating evaporating colloidal ouzo drops

Huanshu Tan,
Sanghyuk Wooh,
Hans-Jürgen Butt,
Xuehua Zhang,
Detlef Lohse

Affiliations

Huanshu Tan: Physics of Fluids Group, Max-Planck-Center Twente for Complex Fluid Dynamics, Mesa+ Institute, and J. M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, Department of Science and Technology, University of Twente
Sanghyuk Wooh: School of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Chung-Ang University
Hans-Jürgen Butt: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Xuehua Zhang: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
Detlef Lohse: Physics of Fluids Group, Max-Planck-Center Twente for Complex Fluid Dynamics, Mesa+ Institute, and J. M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, Department of Science and Technology, University of Twente

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08385-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Mass fabrication of supraparticles is essential for their applications, but it is not easy. Tan et al. produce porous supraparticles with tunable shapes by drying colloidal particles in water-ethanol-oil ternary drops, where the pining effect at drop edges is alleviated by the formation of oil rings.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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