Controlling the Morphology of Polyurea Microcapsules Using Microfluidics

Polenz, Ingmar and Datta, Sujit S. and Weitz, David A. (2014) Controlling the Morphology of Polyurea Microcapsules Using Microfluidics. Langmuir, 30 (44). pp. 13405-13410. ISSN 0743-7463. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141218-104757650

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Abstract

We use microfluidics to continuously produce monodisperse polyurea microcapsules (PUMCs) having either aqueous or nonaqueous cores. The microcapsule shells are formed by the reaction between an isocyanate, dissolved in oil, and an amine, dissolved in water, at the surface of oil-in-water or water-in-oil drops immediately as they are formed. Different microcapsule morphologies can be generated using our approach. The thickness of the microcapsule shell increases with an increase in the amine solubility in the oil; this finding provides a simple mechanism by which the PUMC shell thickness can be controlled.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la503234z	DOI	Article
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la503234z	Publisher	Article
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Datta, Sujit S.	0000-0003-2400-1561

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© 2014 American Chemical Society. Received: August 19, 2014; Revised: October 15, 2014; Published: October 16, 2014. We thank Christian Holtze and Regina Klein for discussion. S.S.D. acknowledges funding from ConocoPhillips. This work was supported by the BASF Advanced Research Initiative @ Harvard University, the National Science Foundation (DMR-1310266), and the Harvard MRSEC (DMR-0820484).

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ConocoPhillips	UNSPECIFIED
Harvard University	UNSPECIFIED
NSF	DMR-1310266
NSF	DMR-0820484
BASF	UNSPECIFIED

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Controlling the Morphology of Polyurea Microcapsules Using Microfluidics Ingmar Polenz, Sujit S. Datta, and David A. Weitz Langmuir 2014 30 (44), 13405-13410

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