Microscale polymer bottles corked with a phase-change material for temperature-controlled release.

ABSTRACT: Keep your wine chilled! Microscale polystyrene (PS) bottles are loaded with dye molecules and then corked with a phase-change material (PCM). When the temperature is raised beyond its melting point, the PCM quickly melts and triggers an instant release of the encapsulated dye. The release profiles can be manipulated by using a binary mixture of PCMs with different melting points.

SUBMITTER: Hyun DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3879140 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature