Micromilling: a method for ultra-rapid prototyping of plastic microfluidic devices

DJ Guckenberger, TE De Groot, AMD Wan, DJ Beebe… - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review offers protocols, tips, insight, and considerations for practitioners
interested in using micromilling to create microfluidic devices. The objective is to provide a …

Equilibrium contact angle or the most-stable contact angle?

FJM Ruiz-Cabello, MA Rodríguez-Valverde… - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
It is well-established that the equilibrium contact angle in a thermodynamic framework is an
“unattainable” contact angle. Instead, the most-stable contact angle obtained from …

Apparent contact angle and contact angle hysteresis on liquid infused surfaces

C Semprebon, G McHale, H Kusumaatmaja - Soft matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We theoretically investigate the apparent contact angle and contact angle hysteresis of a
droplet placed on a liquid infused surface. We show that the apparent contact angle is not …

Droplet and bubble wetting behaviors: The roles of surface wettability and roughness

Y Xiao, J Zheng, Y He, L Wang - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet and bubble wettability are important parameters for characterizing the wetting
propensity of solid surface. Recent studies have shown significant differences between the …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of hydrofluoric acid etching time on titanium topography, chemistry, wettability, and cell adhesion

R Zahran, JI Rosales Leal, MA Rodríguez Valverde… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Titanium implant surface etching has proven an effective method to enhance cell
attachment. Despite the frequent use of hydrofluoric (HF) acid, many questions remain …

[HTML][HTML] Surface activity of protein extracts from seed oil by-products and wettability of developed bioplastics

SF Mirpoor, PF Ibáñez-Ibáñez, CVL Giosafatto… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein concentrates, extracted from the by-products of Hemp (Cannabis sativa), Cardoon
(Cynara cardunculus), and Argan (Argania spinosa L.) oilseeds after oil extraction, were …

Wettability of PEDOT: PSS films

C Duc, A Vlandas, GG Malliaras, V Senez - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Conducting polymers such as poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate
(PEDOT: PSS) are increasingly used to interface electronics with biology. Their wettability …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-printed microfluidic system for the in situ diagnostics and screening of nanoparticles synthesis parameters

VV Shapovalov, SV Chapek, AA Tereshchenko… - Micro and Nano …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fine tuning of the material properties requires many trials and errors during the synthesis.
The metal nanoparticles undergo several stages of reduction, clustering, coalescence and …

Wetting transitions on rough surfaces revealed with captive bubble experiments. The role of surface energy

CL Moraila, FJM Ruiz-Cabello… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Wettability of solid surfaces is mostly probed with sessile drops rather than
bubbles because this method is readily followed out. This recurrent use may lead to a …

Bubble-particle detachment in flotation: A comparative study of the tangential and vertical direction

S Ding, K Yu, Q He, Q Yin, X Feng, Y Yong, C Yang… - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Bubble-particle detachment plays a crucial role in flotation, affecting the recovery of coarse
particles. This study investigated the detachment of bubble-particle aggregates in both …