化学パッチ付き球形および非球形粒子の合成のための液晶ベースの乳液

Frédéric Mondiot1, Xiaoguang Wang, Juan J de Pablo

  • 1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

まとめ

研究者は,液晶 (LC) エムルションを使用してユニークな球形および非球形粒子を作成しました. これらの粒子は,極点で異なる化学領域を特徴とし,トポロジカルな欠陥におけるコロイドの配置によって制御されます.

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