Issue 2, 2019

Continuous synthesis of elastomeric macroporous microbeads

Abstract

Macroporous microbeads are synthesized by microfluidic production of silica-loaded polymeric microdroplets followed by porogen removal via selective etching. Microdroplets are produced in a flow-focusing microreactor to ensure monodispersity with uniform porogen loading. Effects of porogen size and polymer network density on the porosity and effective modulus of the microbeads are studied.

Graphical abstract: Continuous synthesis of elastomeric macroporous microbeads

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Aug 2018
Accepted
09 Nov 2018
First published
09 Nov 2018

React. Chem. Eng., 2019,4, 254-260

Author version available

Continuous synthesis of elastomeric macroporous microbeads

J. A. Bennett, Z. S. Campbell and M. Abolhasani, React. Chem. Eng., 2019, 4, 254 DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00189H

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