Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Mass production of shaped particles through vortex ring freezing

  • Duo An,
  • Alex Warning,
  • Kenneth G. Yancey,
  • Chun-Ti Chang,
  • Vanessa R. Kern,
  • Ashim K. Datta,
  • Paul H. Steen,
  • Dan Luo,
  • Minglin Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12401
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The evolution of vortex flow exhibits a rich spectrum of complicated geometries. Here, An et al. utilize these features to control and mass produce inorganic and organic particles via an electrospraying process, whereby the shape of vortex rings translates into particles during a freezing process.