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 …

Long‐lived liquid marbles for green applications

J Saczek, X Yao, V Zivkovic, M Mamlouk… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid marbles allow for quantities of various liquids to be encapsulated by hydrophobic
particles, thus ensuring isolation from the external environment. The unique properties …

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 …

Magnetic actuation of drops and liquid marbles using a deformable paramagnetic liquid substrate

J Vialetto, M Hayakawa, N Kavokine… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetic actuation of deposited drops has mainly relied on volume forces exerted on
the liquid to be transported, which is poorly efficient with conventional diamagnetic liquids …

The potential of liquid marbles for biomedical applications: a critical review

NM Oliveira, RL Reis, JF Mano - Advanced healthcare …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid marbles (LM) are freestanding droplets covered by micro/nanoparticles with
hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties, which can be manipulated as a soft solid. The …

Advancing inorganic microcapsule fabrication through frozen-assisted interfacial reactions utilizing liquid marbles

C Zhu, Y Zhang, MI Shekh, B Dong… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inorganic microcapsules (IMs) have gained significant attention as versatile platforms for
delivering functional agents in various fields. Traditional template-dependent methods …

Biodegradable polymers for micro elastofluidics

DT Tran, AS Yadav, NK Nguyen, P Singha, CH Ooi… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micro elastofluidics is an emerging research field that encompasses characteristics of
conventional microfluidics and fluid‐structure interactions. Micro elastofluidics is expected to …

[PDF][PDF] Liquid marbles: fabrication, physical properties, and applications

X Luo, X Zhang, Y Feng - Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin, 2020 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
Liquid marbles (LMs) are liquid droplets coated with a layer of lyophobic particles at the air-
liquid interface. Since the pioneering work by Aussillous et al. in 2001, LMs have attracted …

Liquid marbles: From industrial to medical applications

RE Avrămescu, MV Ghica, C Dinu-Pîrvu, DI Udeanu… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Liquid marbles are versatile structures demonstrating a pseudo-Leidenfrost wetting regime
formed by encapsulating microscale volumes of liquid in a particle shell. The liquid core is …

A floating self-propelling liquid marble containing aqueous ethanol solutions

CH Ooi, A Van Nguyen, GM Evans, O Gendelman… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A liquid marble is a droplet coated with hydrophobic particles. A floating liquid marble is a
unique reactor platform for digital microfluidics. The autonomous motion of a liquid marble is …