Rings of nanoparticle-decorated honeycomb-structured polymeric film: the combination of pickering emulsions and capillary flow in the breath figures method.
The self-assembly of nanoparticles at the fluid/fluid interface (Pickering emulsions) in the breath figures (BF) method have been explored to direct nanoparticles onto BF microarrays and adjust the BF assembly in microsize. Circular rings of nanoparticle-decorated honeycomb-structured polymeric film can be obtained by a one-step process. The combination of Pickering emulsions and capillary flow in the BF method may be responsible for the formation of this intriguing structure.
Sun
Wei
W
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalzation of Minister of Education, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China.
Ji
Jian
J
Shen
Jiacong
J