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SUBMITTER: Tan H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6351649 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tan Huanshu H Wooh Sanghyuk S Butt Hans-Jürgen HJ Zhang Xuehua X Lohse Detlef D
Nature communications 20190129 1
The assembly of colloidal particles from evaporating suspension drops is seen as a versatile route for the fabrication of supraparticles for various applications. However, drop contact line pining leads to uncontrolled shapes of the emerging supraparticles, hindering this technique. Here we report how the pinning problem can be overcome by self-lubrication. The colloidal particles are dispersed in ternary drops (water, ethanol, and anise-oil). As the ethanol evaporates, oil microdroplets form (' ...[more]