title: Ultraviolet-assisted microfluidic generation of ferroelectric composite particles.
abstract: We report on the feasible fabrication of microfluidic devices for ferroelectric polymers' synthesis in a rapid and stable fashion. Utilizing micro-mixing and flow-focusing in microchannels, poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) and copper phthalocyanine are uniformly dispersed in one hydrogel particle, which are then demonstrated to immediate and complete on-chip steady polymerization by moderate ultraviolet treatment. The advantage of our droplet-based microfluidic devices is generating versatile particles from simple spheres to disks or rods, and the lengths of particles can be precisely tuned from 30 to 400 μm through adjusting the flow rates of both disperse and oil phases. In addition, this mixed technique allows for the continuous production of dielectric microparticles with controlled dielectric properties between 10 and 160. Such a microfluidic device offers a flexible platform for multiferroic applications.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Cancan
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1689-8073
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4410-8542
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lang
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authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
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authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
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