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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy M. Swager, Newton, MA (US);
Edmundo Daniel Blankschtein, Brookline, MA (US);
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Cambridge, MA (US);
Vishnu Sresht, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ellen Sletten, Somerville, MA (US);
Julia Ann Kalow, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to colloids and methods for changing the arrangement of droplet phases. In some embodiments, the colloids and methods comprise a plurality of droplets comprising two or more components, such that the two or more components can change arrangement of the components in the presence of an external stimulus. In some embodiments, the change in component arrangement is reversible. In certain embodiments, the change in component arrangement forms Janus droplets.