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Chang-Hyung Choi1, Hyomin Lee1, Alireza Abbaspourrad2
1Department of Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|March 3, 2016
Abstract:
Triple emulsion drops with an ultrathin water layer are developed to achieve high encapsulation efficiency of hydrophobic cargo in a hydrophobic polymeric shell, directly dispersed in water. Furthermore, enhanced retention of volatile hydrophobic cargo is achieved by forming a hydrogel network within this water layer that serves as a physical barrier.

