title: Single-step microfluidic fabrication of soft monodisperse polyelectrolyte microcapsules by interfacial complexation.
abstract: Common methods for fabrication of polyelectrolyte microcapsules rely on a multi-step process. We propose a single-step approach to generate polyelectrolyte microcapsules with 1-2 μm shells based on polyelectrolyte complexation across a water/oil droplet interface and study the effect of parameters controlling the polyelectrolyte complexation on shell thickness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. chinedum.osuji@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Gilad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Rostislav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boltyanskiy
authors.forename: Siamak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nejati
authors.forename: Abdou R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Thiam
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loewenberg
authors.forename: Eric R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Dufresne
authors.forename: Chinedum O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Osuji
mesh_terms: D002214:Capsules / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules; D004573:Electrolytes