Wu Chuang, Jia Hanqi, Almuaalemi Haithm Yahya Mohammed, Sohan A S M Muhtasim Fuad, Yin Binfeng
School of Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China.
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Micromachines (Basel). 2023 Oct 7;14(10):1911. doi: 10.3390/mi14101911.
The microfluidic technique for the three-dimensional (3D) printing of Janus droplets offers precise control over their size, orientation, and positioning. The proposed approach investigates the impact of variables such as the volume ratio of the oil phase, droplet size, and the ratio of nonionic surfactants on the dimensions of the structured color apertures of Janus droplets. The findings reveal that structured color apertures modulate accurately. Furthermore, fabricating color patterns facilitates cat, fish, and various other specific shapes using structured color Janus droplets. The color patterns exhibit temperature-sensitive properties, enabling them to transition between display and concealed states. Herein, the adopted microfluidic technique creates Janus droplets with customizable characteristics and uniform size, solving orientation as well as space arrangement problems. This approach holds promising applications for optical devices, sensors, and biomimetic systems.
用于三维(3D)打印Janus液滴的微流控技术能够精确控制其大小、方向和位置。所提出的方法研究了诸如油相体积比、液滴大小和非离子表面活性剂比例等变量对Janus液滴结构化颜色孔径尺寸的影响。研究结果表明,结构化颜色孔径能够精确调制。此外,使用结构化颜色Janus液滴制造彩色图案有助于形成猫、鱼和各种其他特定形状。这些彩色图案具有温度敏感特性,使其能够在显示和隐藏状态之间转换。在此,所采用的微流控技术创造出具有可定制特性和均匀大小的Janus液滴,解决了方向以及空间排列问题。这种方法在光学器件、传感器和仿生系统方面具有广阔的应用前景。