Advanced Materials, Vol.27, No.44, 7065-7065, 2015
Continuous Fabrication of Hierarchical and Asymmetric Bijel Microparticles, Fibers, and Membranes by Solvent Transfer-Induced Phase Separation (STRIPS)
Continuous generation of hierarchical and asymmetric bijels based on solvent-transfer-induced phase separation (STRIPS) is demonstrated. In STRIPS, phase separation is induced by solvent extraction from an initially homogeneous ternary mixture, and bicontinuous morphology is stabilized by inter facial attachment of nano particles, which are functionalized in situ. STRIPS allows stable bijel formation from a wide variety of liquids and particles.