Patterning wettability for open-surface fluidic manipulation: fundamentals and applications

P Sinha Mahapatra, R Ganguly, A Ghosh… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Effective manipulation of liquids on open surfaces without external energy input is
indispensable for the advancement of point-of-care diagnostic devices. Open-surface …

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 …

Single-step fabrication of liquid gallium nanoparticles via capillary interaction for dynamic structural colours

RR Sahu, AS Ramasamy, S Bhonsle… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Incorporating structural coloured materials in flexible and stretchable elastomeric substrates
requires numerous steps that compromise their scalability and economic viability for …

Effects of surface acoustic waves on droplet impact dynamics

NS Satpathi, KN Nampoothiri, AK Sen - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Surface acoustic waves (SAW) propagating along a solid surface can
significantly affect the dynamics of droplet impact. Although droplet impact in presence of …

On the feeding biomechanics of nectarivorous birds

D Cuban, AE Hewes, AJ Sargent… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Nectar-feeding birds employ unique mechanisms to collect minute liquid rewards hidden
within floral structures. In recent years, techniques developed to study drinking mechanisms …

Capillary Flow-Driven and Magnetically Actuated Multi-Use Wax Valves for Controlled Sealing and Releasing of Fluids on Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms

S Peshin, D George, R Shiri, L Kulinsky, M Madou - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Compact disc (CD)-based centrifugal microfluidics is an increasingly popular choice for
academic and commercial applications as it enables a portable platform for biological and …

Histo-morphological Characterization of the Tongue and Oropharyngeal Cavity of the Shining Sunbird (Cinnyris habessinicus)

AA El-Mansi, MA Al-Kahtani… - Microscopy and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sunbirds, as specialized nectarivores, have developed multiple lingual and oropharyngeal
peculiarities imposed by this dietary specialization that particularly extract floral nectar. We …

Buckling and snapping of a thin polymeric membrane exposed to a solvent drop

RA Samy, NS Satpathi, AK Sen - Europhysics Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the behavior of a thin and flat rectangular polymeric membrane, fixed at both
ends, in contact with a solvent droplet. Depending on the solvent type and volume, and …

微液滴在PDMS 软基体表面的动态摩擦行为研究

董聪慧, 张亚锋, 汤程, 余家欣 - 摩擦学学报, 2021 - tribology.com.cn
通过固液界面摩擦力测试装置研究了微液滴在PDMS 软基体表面运动时的动态摩擦学行为,
并对微液滴体积, 滑动速度及软基体力学性能对固液界面动态摩擦行为的影响进行了分析 …

Elastocapillary interaction between a long rectangular membrane and a liquid drop

RA Samy, NS Satpathi, AK Sen - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We report elastocapillary interaction between a long rectangular membrane fixed along its
central axis and a liquid drop dispensed at one of its ends. The introduction of the drop …