Shear-Induced Generation of Controllable Multiple Emulsions in Microfluidic Devices -- Wetting-Induced Generation of Controllable Multiple Emulsions in Microfluidic Devices -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Monodisperse Hydrogel Microparticles -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Monodisperse Porous Microparticles -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Uniform Hierarchical Porous Microparticles -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Monodisperse Hollow Microcapsules -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Monodisperse Core-Shell Microcapsules -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Monodisperse Hole-Shell Microparticles -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Controllable Multicompartmental Microparticles -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Functional Microfibers with Controllable Internals -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Membrane-in-a-Chip with Self-Regulated Permeability -- Microfluidic Fabrication of Microvalve-in-a-Chip -- Summary and Perspective.

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A comprehensive and systematic treatment of our current understanding of the microfluidic technique and its advantages in the controllable fabrication of advanced functional polymeric materials. Introducing and summarizing recent advances and achievements in the field, the authors cover the design and fabrication of microfluidic devices, the fundamentals and strategies for controllable microfluidic generation of multiphase liquid systems, and the use of these liquid systems with an elaborate combination of their structures and compositions for generating novel polymer materials, such as microcapsules, microfibers, valves, and membranes. Clear diagrams and illustrations throughout the text make the relevant theory and technologies more readily accessible. The result is a specialist reference for materials scientists, organic, polymer and physical chemists, and chemical engineers.