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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-10-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13068 |