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Microbubble Fabrication of Concave-porosity PDMS Beads
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JoVE Journal Chemistry
Microbubble Fabrication of Concave-porosity PDMS Beads
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11:52 min

December 15, 2015

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:42Preparation of Emulsion
  • 03:50Setup for Addition of the Triethoxysilane/Surfactant Solution
  • 05:11Cross-linking through the Addition of Triethoxysilane
  • 06:23Bead Production and Cleaning
  • 07:58Mounting the Beads for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Analysis
  • 09:11Results: Scanning Electron Microscopy Images and Surface-area-to-volume Ratios of PDMS Beads
  • 10:31Conclusion

Summary

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Procedures used to generate microstructured concave-porosity polydimethylsiloxane beads are presented. Effects of electrolyte concentration and identity within the aqueous phase are particularly emphasized.

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