Ionic liquid marbles

Liquid marbles have been reported during this decade and have been argued to be potentially useful for microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip applications. The liquid marbles described to date have been composed of either water or glycerol as the liquid and hydrophobized lycopodium or silica as the stabiliz...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 23(2007), 21 vom: 09. Okt., Seite 10445-7
Auteur principal: Gao, Lichao (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: McCarthy, Thomas J
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2007
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article
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Résumé:Liquid marbles have been reported during this decade and have been argued to be potentially useful for microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip applications. The liquid marbles described to date have been composed of either water or glycerol as the liquid and hydrophobized lycopodium or silica as the stabilizing particles. Both of these components are potentially reactive and do not permit the use of organic chemistry; the liquids are volatile. We report the use of perfluoroalkyl particles (oligomeric (OTFE) and polymeric (PTFE) tetrafluoroethylene, which are unreactive) to support/stabilize a range of ionic liquid marbles. Ionic liquids are not volatile and have been demonstrated to be versatile solvents for chemical transformations. Water marbles prepared with OTFE are much more robust than those prepared with hydrophobized lycopodium or silica
Description:Date Completed 13.11.2007
Date Revised 02.10.2007
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827