Issue 2, 2016

Osmotic pressure-triggered cavitation in microcapsules

Abstract

A cavitation system was found in solid microcapsules with a membrane shell and a liquid core. By simply treating these microcapsules with hypertonic solutions, cavitation could be controllably triggered without special equipment or complex operations. A cavitation-formed vapor bubble was fully entrapped within the microcapsules, thus providing an advantageous method for fabricating encapsulated microbubbles with controllable dimensions and functional components.

Graphical abstract: Osmotic pressure-triggered cavitation in microcapsules

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Oct 2015
Accepted
02 Dec 2015
First published
03 Dec 2015

Lab Chip, 2016,16, 251-255

Author version available

Osmotic pressure-triggered cavitation in microcapsules

L. Shang, Y. Cheng, J. Wang, Y. Yu, Y. Zhao, Y. Chen and Z. Gu, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 251 DOI: 10.1039/C5LC01286D

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