Dendronized fluorosurfactant for highly stable water-in-fluorinated oil emulsions with minimal inter-droplet transfer of small molecules

Microdroplets are used as chemical and biological reactors; however, stability and inter-droplet transfer are major issues. Here, the authors report on the development of dendritic glycerol-based surfactants for the creation of stable microdroplets and demonstrate application for PCR, minimal emulsi...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Suman Chowdhury, Wenshan Zheng, Shalini Kumari, John Heyman, Xingcai Zhang, Pradip Dey, David A. Weitz, Rainer Haag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12462-5