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Assembly of emulsion droplets into fibers by microfluidic wet spinning

Robert V. Bell, Christopher C. Parkins, Robert A. Young, Corinna M. Preuss, Molly M. Stevens, Stefan A. F. Bon

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2015 · 34 citations · 26 references

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Emulsion droplets stabilized by branched copolymers and nano-sized clay are assembled into fibers using a microfluidic wet spinning process.

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