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- * This study utilizes microfluidics to produce uniformly sized polyurea microcapsules (PUMC) with a limonene core, achieving precise mean diameters between 27 and 35 µm.
- * An automated sizing technique using video and custom Python code allows for better understanding of how capsule size influences their performance, offering a more sustainable alternative to existing encapsulation systems.*
Article Abstract
Methods to make microcapsules - used in a broad range of healthcare and energy applications - currently suffer from poor size control, limiting the establishment of size/property relationships. Here, we use microfluidics to produce monodisperse polyurea microcapsules (PUMC) with a limonene core. Using varied flow rates and a commercial glass chip, we produce capsules with mean diameters of 27, 30, 32, 34, and 35 µm, achieving narrow capsule size distributions of ±2 µm for each size. We describe an automated method of sizing droplets as they are produced using video recording and custom Python code. The sustainable generation of such size-controlled PUMCs, potential replacements for commercial encapsulated systems, will allow new insights into the effect of particle size on performance.
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