Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics

“Off-the-shelf” devices have attracted much consideration lately, especially in emulsions production in droplet-based microfluidics. While many simple and cost-effective designs have been proposed and demonstrated, the functionability of these purported simple devices has been questioned, especially...

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Main Authors: Yew, Maxine, Ren, Yong, Koh, Kai Seng, Sun, Chenggong, Snape, Colin, Yan, Yuying
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Published: Elsevier 2019
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author Yew, Maxine
Ren, Yong
Koh, Kai Seng
Sun, Chenggong
Snape, Colin
Yan, Yuying
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Ren, Yong
Koh, Kai Seng
Sun, Chenggong
Snape, Colin
Yan, Yuying
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description “Off-the-shelf” devices have attracted much consideration lately, especially in emulsions production in droplet-based microfluidics. While many simple and cost-effective designs have been proposed and demonstrated, the functionability of these purported simple devices has been questioned, especially in emulsions generation for commercial scale. In this work, a simple needle-based device was used in the production of functional core-shell microcapsules of uniform sizes, typically in the range of 600 to 720 µm, and shell thickness of 20 to 110 µm, and C.V of 0.97 to 3.0%. These core-shell microcapsules are a new form of carbon capture materials, with carbon solvent encapsulated in thin polymeric shell. The microcapsules synthesized were subjected to absorption-desorption tests. This work has successfully demonstrated the use of off-the-shelf microdevice and its reliability for the production of functional microcapsules.
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spelling nottingham-566172019-05-01T13:29:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56617/ Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics Yew, Maxine Ren, Yong Koh, Kai Seng Sun, Chenggong Snape, Colin Yan, Yuying “Off-the-shelf” devices have attracted much consideration lately, especially in emulsions production in droplet-based microfluidics. While many simple and cost-effective designs have been proposed and demonstrated, the functionability of these purported simple devices has been questioned, especially in emulsions generation for commercial scale. In this work, a simple needle-based device was used in the production of functional core-shell microcapsules of uniform sizes, typically in the range of 600 to 720 µm, and shell thickness of 20 to 110 µm, and C.V of 0.97 to 3.0%. These core-shell microcapsules are a new form of carbon capture materials, with carbon solvent encapsulated in thin polymeric shell. The microcapsules synthesized were subjected to absorption-desorption tests. This work has successfully demonstrated the use of off-the-shelf microdevice and its reliability for the production of functional microcapsules. Elsevier 2019-02-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56617/1/2.pdf Yew, Maxine, Ren, Yong, Koh, Kai Seng, Sun, Chenggong, Snape, Colin and Yan, Yuying (2019) Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics. Energy Procedia, 160 . pp. 443-450. ISSN 18766102 core-shell; microcapsules; microdevices; carbon capture http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.179 doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.179 doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.179
spellingShingle core-shell; microcapsules; microdevices; carbon capture
Yew, Maxine
Ren, Yong
Koh, Kai Seng
Sun, Chenggong
Snape, Colin
Yan, Yuying
Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics
title Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics
title_full Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics
title_fullStr Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics
title_short Synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics
title_sort synthesis of microcapsules for carbon capture via needle-based droplet microfluidics
topic core-shell; microcapsules; microdevices; carbon capture
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