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Published in final edited form as: Eur Polym J. 2015 Feb 28;72:386–412. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.02.022

Figure 6. Droplet and Centrifugal force- based approached for particle synthesis.

Figure 6

(A) Fabrication of PEG microbeads using T-junction geometry: droplets of monomer are formed at the T-junction and are crosslinked with UV exposure. Reproduced from [39]. Copyright 2012 AIP. (B) Fabrication of alginate microparticles using a combination of flow-focusing and T-junction geometries in a microfluidic device: gelation occurs in a fusion chamber and QD-doping is visible under fluorescence. Reproduced from [65]. Copyright 2011 RSC. (C) Centrifugal synthesis of alginate microspheres using multibarrel capillaries: alginate microdroplets fall into a solution of CaCl2 and gel upon contacting the solution. Reproduced from [54]. Copyright 2012 Wiley).