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Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

Carnegie Mellon University

Shelley L Anna

George M Whitesides

Darren Roy Link

David A Weitz

Howard A Stone

Eugenia Kumacheva

Irina Gitlin

Willow Ruth Diluzio

Nathalie Bontoux

Piotr Garstecki

Sarah Elyse Baker

Christine A Orme

Yixuan Yu

Charles Sharkey

An ultra low density film and an ultra low density solid material are produced by the steps of providing a vessel, introducing two immiscible fluids into the vessel, adding nanocrystals to at least one of the two immiscible fluids, applying a shear force to the two immiscible fluids and the nanocrystals in a manner that causes the nanocrystals to self-assemble and form colloidosomes. The colloidosomes amass and evaporation of the two fluids produces dried colloidosomes. The ultra low density self-assembled colloidosomes are hollow self-assembled colloidosomes, which are formed into the ultra-low density film and the ultra-low density solid.

System, method, and apparatus relating to colloidosomes

A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques.

Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion

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Shelley L Anna