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Four reversible and reconfigurable structures for three-phase emulsions: extended morphologies and applications

Here in this article, we classify and conclude the four morphologies of three-phase emulsions. Remarkably, we achieve the reversible transformations between every shape. Through theoretical analysis, we choose four liquid systems to form these four morphologies. Then monodispersed droplets with thes...

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Autores principales: Ge, Xue-hui, Geng, Yu-hao, Zhang, Qiao-chu, Shao, Meng, Chen, Jian, Luo, Guang-sheng, Xu, Jian-hong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28198444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42738
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author Ge, Xue-hui
Geng, Yu-hao
Zhang, Qiao-chu
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Chen, Jian
Luo, Guang-sheng
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description Here in this article, we classify and conclude the four morphologies of three-phase emulsions. Remarkably, we achieve the reversible transformations between every shape. Through theoretical analysis, we choose four liquid systems to form these four morphologies. Then monodispersed droplets with these four morphologies are formed through a microfluidic device and captured in a petri-dish. By replacing their ambient solution of the captured emulsions, in-situ morphology transformations between each shape are achieved. The process is well recorded through photographs and videos and they are systematical and reversible. Finally, we use the droplets structure to form an on-off switch to start and shut off the evaporation of one volatile phase to achieve the process monitoring. This could be used to initiate and quench a reaction, which offers a novel idea to achieve the switchable and reversible reaction control in multiple-phase reactions.
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spelling pubmed-53099212017-02-22 Four reversible and reconfigurable structures for three-phase emulsions: extended morphologies and applications Ge, Xue-hui Geng, Yu-hao Zhang, Qiao-chu Shao, Meng Chen, Jian Luo, Guang-sheng Xu, Jian-hong Sci Rep Article Here in this article, we classify and conclude the four morphologies of three-phase emulsions. Remarkably, we achieve the reversible transformations between every shape. Through theoretical analysis, we choose four liquid systems to form these four morphologies. Then monodispersed droplets with these four morphologies are formed through a microfluidic device and captured in a petri-dish. By replacing their ambient solution of the captured emulsions, in-situ morphology transformations between each shape are achieved. The process is well recorded through photographs and videos and they are systematical and reversible. Finally, we use the droplets structure to form an on-off switch to start and shut off the evaporation of one volatile phase to achieve the process monitoring. This could be used to initiate and quench a reaction, which offers a novel idea to achieve the switchable and reversible reaction control in multiple-phase reactions. Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5309921/ /pubmed/28198444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42738 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the lice0nse holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Four reversible and reconfigurable structures for three-phase emulsions: extended morphologies and applications
title Four reversible and reconfigurable structures for three-phase emulsions: extended morphologies and applications
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title_fullStr Four reversible and reconfigurable structures for three-phase emulsions: extended morphologies and applications
title_full_unstemmed Four reversible and reconfigurable structures for three-phase emulsions: extended morphologies and applications
title_short Four reversible and reconfigurable structures for three-phase emulsions: extended morphologies and applications
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28198444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42738
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