Liquid marbles: topical context within soft matter and recent progress

G McHale, MI Newton - Soft matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The study of particle stabilized interfaces has a long history in terms of emulsions, foams and
related dry powders. The same underlying interfacial energy principles also allow …

Recent advances and future perspectives on microfluidic liquid handling

NT Nguyen, M Hejazian, CH Ooi, N Kashaninejad - Micromachines, 2017 - mdpi.com
The interdisciplinary research field of microfluidics has the potential to revolutionize current
technologies that require the handling of a small amount of fluid, a fast response, low costs …

Microfluidic trends in drug screening and drug delivery

J Feng, J Neuzil, A Manz, C Iliescu, P Neuzil - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low probability of a drug candidate's clinical success, the time consumed and the high
cost of bringing a drug from concept to market emphasizes the need for new approaches to …

Light‐driven delivery and release of materials using liquid marbles

M Paven, H Mayama, T Sekido, HJ Butt… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Remote control of the locomotion of small objects is a challenge in itself and may also allow
for the stimuli control of entire systems. Here, it is described how encapsulated liquids …

Stimuli‐responsive liquid marbles: controlling structure, shape, stability, and motion

S Fujii, S Yusa, Y Nakamura - Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
“Liquid marbles” are liquid‐in‐gas dispersed systems stabilized by hydrophobic solid
particles adsorbed at the gas‐liquid interface. The structure, stability and movement of these …

Liquid marbles as miniature reactors for chemical and biological applications

NK Nguyen, CH Ooi, P Singha, J Jin, KR Sreejith… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
The need for miniaturised reaction systems has led to the development of various
microreactor platforms, such as droplet-based microreactors. However, these microreactors …

Liquid marble-based digital microfluidics–fundamentals and applications

CH Ooi, R Vadivelu, J Jin, KR Sreejith, P Singha… - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid marbles are droplets with volume typically on the order of microliters coated with
hydrophobic powder. Their versatility, ease of use and low cost make liquid marbles an …

Magnetic liquid marbles: Toward “lab in a droplet”

Y Zhao, Z Xu, H Niu, X Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid marbles exhibit great potential for use as miniature labs for small‐scale laboratory
operations, such as experiment and measurement. While important progress has been …

Generation of three-dimensional multiple spheroid model of olfactory ensheathing cells using floating liquid marbles

RK Vadivelu, CH Ooi, RQ Yao, J Tello Velasquez… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
We describe a novel protocol for three-dimensional culturing of olfactory ensheathing cells
(OECs), which can be used to understand how OECs interact with other cells in three …

External-field-induced directional droplet transport: A review

C Liu, Y Sun, J Huanng, Z Guo, W Liu - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Directional transport of fluids is crucial for vital activities of organisms and numerous
industrial applications. This process has garnered widespread research attention due to the …