Sunday, March 4, 2012

Controlled Synthesis of 3D Multi-Compartmental Particles with Centrifuge-Based Microdroplet Formation from a Multi-Barrelled Capillary


  1. Kazuki Maeda1
  2. Hiroaki Onoe1,2
  3. Masahiro Takinoue1,†
  4. Shoji Takeuchi1,2,*
Article first published online: 6 FEB 2012
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102560

Controlled synthesis of micro multi-compartmental particles using a centrifuge droplet shooting device (CDSD)
 is reported. Sodium alginate solutions introduced in a multi-barreled capillary form droplets at the capillary orifice under ultrahigh gravity and gelify in a CaCl2solution. The size, shape, and compartmentalization of the particles are controlled. Co-encapsulation of Jurkat cells and magnetic colloids into Janus particles is demonstrated. The Janus particles present sensitive reaction toward magnetic fields, while the viability of the encapsulated cells is 91%.

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