Lebedev Physical Institute Activity In The Science And Technology Associated With Hollow Microsphere Fabrication And Applications

Work at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institure on hollow microsphere technology started more than twenty years ago. New methods of hollow shell fabrication have been produced using a complex of universal installations for making shells of polymers, glass and metals; equipment for shell characterisation; and employing mathematical modeling of shell formation processes. Using these facilities and methods, the physical process involved in the various hollow microsphere fabrication regimes are studied both experimentally and theoretically.