Droplet assembly by 3D printing
AssigneeOxford University Innovation Limited
InventorsJohn Hagan Pryce Bayley, Gabriel Villar, Alexander D. Graham
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for producing a droplet assembly, which apparatus comprises a droplet generator. A process for producing a droplet assembly, using an apparatus comprising a droplet generator is also described. The invention also relates to droplet assemblies comprising a plurality of droplets. Various uses of the droplet assemblies are also described.
Claims10
A droplet assembly which comprises a plurality of droplets, wherein each of said droplets comprises (i) an aqueous medium, and (ii) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules around the surface of the aqueous medium, and wherein each of said droplets contacts another of said droplets to form a bilayer of said amphipathic molecules as an interface between the contacting droplets,
- wherein the plurality of droplets comprises a first region of said droplets and a second region of said droplets, wherein each droplet in the first region contacts at least one other droplet in the first region to form a bilayer of said amphipathic molecules as an interface between the contacting droplets, and each droplet in the second region contacts at least one other droplet in the second region to form a bilayer of said amphipathic molecules as an interface between the contacting droplets,
- wherein the aqueous medium of the droplets in the first region has a first osmolarity and the aqueous medium of the droplets in the second region has a second osmolarity, wherein the first osmolarity is different from the second osmolarity.
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