Spontaneous assembly of chemically encoded two-dimensional coacervate droplet arrays by acoustic wave patterning

Isolated droplets can be used as micro-reactors, yet it is challenging to operate them functionally in solution and observe chemical exchanges between droplets. Here, Tian et al. use an acoustic trap to assemble water-based micro-droplets into periodic arrays, spontaneously separated from solution m...

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Main Authors: Liangfei Tian, Nicolas Martin, Philip G. Bassindale, Avinash J. Patil, Mei Li, Adrian Barnes, Bruce W. Drinkwater, Stephen Mann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13068