Static-state particle fabrication via rapid vitrification of a thixotropic medium

oleh: Sang Yup Kim, Shanliangzi Liu, Sungwoo Sohn, Jane Jacobs, Mark D. Shattuck, Corey S. O’Hern, Jan Schroers, Michael Loewenberg, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01

Deskripsi

Upscale fabrication of functionalized microparticles is a pending challenge. Here, Kim et al. exploit the rheology of a thixotropic medium to grind sizeable amounts of raw material into well-defined colloidal dispersions, physically stabilized for further production steps.