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Abstract：
The development of optical and photonic applications using soft-matter droplets holds great scientific and application importance. The machining of droplet structures is expected to drive breakthroughs in advancing frontier applications. This review highlights recent advancements in micro-nanofabrication techniques for soft-matter droplets, encompassing microfluidics, laser injection, and microfluidic 3D printing. The principles, advantages, and weaknesses of these technologies are thoroughly discussed. The review introduces the utilization of a phase separation strategy in microfluidics to assemble complex emulsion droplets and control droplet geometries by adjusting interfacial tension. Additionally, laser injection can take full advantage of the self-assembly properties of soft matter to control the spontaneous organization of internal substructures within droplets, thus providing the possibility of high-precision customized assembly of droplets. Microfluidic 3D printing demonstrates a 3D printing-based method for machining droplet structures. Its programmable nature holds promise for developing device-level applications utilizing droplet arrays. Finally, the review presents novel applications of soft-matter droplets in optics and photonics. The integration of processing concepts from microfluidics, laser micro-nano-machining, and 3D printing into droplet processing, combined with the self-assembly properties of soft materials, may offer novel opportunities for processing and application development.
摘要：
使用软物质液滴的光学和光子应用的发展具有重大的科学和应用重要性。液滴结构的加工有望推动前沿应用的突破。这篇综述强调了软物质液滴微纳米加工技术的最新进展，包括微流体，激光注入,和微流控3D打印。原则,优势,并对这些技术的弱点进行了深入讨论。该评论介绍了在微流体中利用相分离策略来组装复杂的乳液液滴并通过调节界面张力来控制液滴的几何形状。此外,激光注入可以充分利用软物质的自组装特性来控制液滴内部子结构的自发组织,从而提供了高精度的液滴定制装配的可能性。微流体3D打印展示了用于加工液滴结构的基于3D打印的方法。它的可编程性质为利用液滴阵列开发设备级应用提供了希望。最后,这篇综述介绍了软物质液滴在光学和光子学中的新应用。微流体处理概念的整合，激光微纳米加工，和3D打印到液滴处理，结合软材料的自组装性能，可能为处理和应用程序开发提供新的机会。
