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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2010 Oct 18;49(43):7904–7908. doi: 10.1002/anie.201004057

Figure 1.

Figure 1

a) Fluorescence and b) confocal micrographs of uniform 1-tetradecanol beads containing gelatin particles loaded with FITC-dextran. c) Time-lapse fluorescence micrographs showing melting of the 1-tetradecanol bead and release of FITC-dextran from the gelatin particles as the temperature was gradually increased by adding warm water (60 °C) under gentle stirring. The insets are schematic diagrams showing the three major steps involved in the release of FITC-dextran: melting of 1-tetradecanol beads, leaching out of gelatin particles, and release of FITC-dextran as gelatin is being dissolved.