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Precision Microspheres Enabled by Interfacial Engineering from Controlled Fabrication to Emerging Applications.

Linghu Xiong¹, Qing Liu¹, Pei Wang¹

¹School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

|May 26, 2026

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This review focuses on interfacial engineering strategies for fabricating precision microspheres, crucial for advanced applications. It analyzes methods to control droplet formation and solidification for consistent, high-performance particle production.

Area of Science:

Materials Science
Chemical Engineering
Nanotechnology

Background:

Microspheres are vital for high-precision sensing, drug delivery, and photonics.
Achieving regularity, monodispersity, and batch-to-batch consistency in microsphere production is challenging due to complex interfacial phenomena and kinetics governing droplet generation and solidification.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight interfacial engineering strategies for controlling microsphere formation, evolution, and solidification.
To provide a comparative analysis of fabrication techniques for controllability and reproducibility.
To explore applications and future directions in precision microsphere technology.

Main Methods:

Review of interfacial engineering strategies impacting droplet formation and solidification.

Keywords:

interfacial engineering micronano fabrication microspheres self-assembly size-sieving structure–performance relationship

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Discussion of sieving and assembly methods for particle refinement and ordered structure formation.

Main Results:

Interfacial engineering is key to overcoming bottlenecks in microsphere fabrication.
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Sieving and assembly methods enhance particle population refinement and ordered structure formation.

Conclusions:

Precision microsphere fabrication requires advanced interfacial control.
The review provides a framework for selecting and optimizing fabrication methods.
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