For particle materials fabricated by droplet-template syntheses, the efficient fabrication and function enhancement can be realized by rational control of the interfacial meso-scale structures of droplets and particles. Study on the relationship between the interfacial meso-scale structures of droplets and particles and the reaction-diffusion processes, and the investigation of the interconnection between reaction and diffusion, are of significant importance for intensification and rational control of the synthesis processes. This review summarizes the recent progress on control of meso-scale structures for droplet-template syntheses of particle materials, mainly focusing on control of droplet morphology and droplet stability via manipulation of the aggregation meso-scale structures of interfacial amphiphilic molecules, and on control of the meso-scale structure of particles via manipulation of mass-transfer and reaction at/across droplet interfaces. This review provides scientific guidelines for the intensification and rational regulation of reaction processes for droplet-template syntheses of particle materials.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Control of droplet morphology via manipulation of the aggregation meso-scale structures of interfacial amphiphilic molecules
3 Effect of aggregation meso-scale structures of interfacial amphiphilic molecules and nanoparticles on the droplet stability
4 Control of meso-scale structures of particles via manipulation of mass-transfer and reaction at/across droplet interfaces
5 Conclusion