Dynamically reconfigurable complex emulsions via tunable interfacial tensions

Lauren D. Zarzar, Vishnu Sresht, Ellen M. Sletten, Julia A. Kalow, Daniel Blankschtein () and Timothy M. Swager ()
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Lauren D. Zarzar: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vishnu Sresht: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ellen M. Sletten: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Julia A. Kalow: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Blankschtein: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Timothy M. Swager: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7540, 520-524

Abstract: The temperature-sensitive miscibility of hydrocarbon, silicone and fluorocarbon liquids is used to establish a one-step method of making three- and four-phase complex emulsions with highly controllable morphologies that can be alternated between encapsulated and Janus configurations by varying the balance of interfacial tensions.

Date: 2015
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