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Materials and Experimental Methods

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This chapter focuses on the materials and the experimental methods employed for this work. In the context of materials, the properties relevant to the current work are emphasized. The list of materials broadly includes nematic liquid crystals, colloidal particles, fluorescent dyes, and reagents for generating specific surface attributes on the colloidal particles and water droplets. Additionally, experimental tools used for characterizations will be presented here.

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  1. Dynamics of Complex Fluids, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS), Am Fassberg 17, 37077, Göttingen, Germany

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Sengupta, A. (2013). Materials and Experimental Methods. In: Topological Microfluidics. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00858-5_3

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