title: Rings of nanoparticle-decorated honeycomb-structured polymeric film: the combination of pickering emulsions and capillary flow in the breath figures method.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalzation of Minister of Education, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Jiacong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen