Microwell Confined Electro‐Coalescence for Rapid Formation of High‐Throughput Droplet Array

H Feng, S Shen, M Jin, Q Zhang, M Liu, Z Wu, J Chen… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet array is widely applied in single cell analysis, drug screening, protein crystallization,
etc. This work proposes and validates a method for rapid formation of uniform droplet array …

Application of PVA/TA-Fe3+ submerged superoleophobic hydrogel coating in oil-water separation

P Wang, S Fang, H Li, S Feng, Y Yu, H Zhang… - Reactive and Functional …, 2023 - Elsevier
Super hydrophilic and submerged super oleophobic materials with special surface
wettability are considered ideal materials in the field of oil-water separation. In this paper …

Impact of Processing Parameters on Contactless Emulsification via Corona Discharge

A Dehghanghadikolaei, B Abdul Halim, H Sojoudi - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
A contactless emulsification method is presented using corona discharge. The corona
discharge forms using a pin-to-plate configuration, creating a non-uniform electric field. This …

Electrohydrodynamics of conducting droplets suspended in a low-conducting liquid: The effect of the difference in mobilities of positive and negative ions

IA Dobrovolskii, SA Vasilkov, VA Chirkov - Journal of Electrostatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate numerical and mathematical models are needed to develop technologies such as
electrostatic phase separation of oil-water emulsions based on two-phase …

Massive Electro‐Microfluidic Particle Assembly Patterns in Droplet Array for Information Encoding

H Feng, S Shen, M Jin, M Xiao, M Liu, Q Zhang… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The assembly of colloidal particles into micro‐patterns is essential in optics, informatics, and
microelectronics. However, it is still a challenge to achieve quick, reversible, and precise …

Drop-On-Demand Microdroplet Generation under Charge Injection by Corona Discharge

Q Tang, C Song, Y Wang, JH Zhang, M Liu, Y Xu… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
In printing, microreactors, and bioassays, the precise control of micrometer-scale droplet
generation is essential but challenging, often restricted by the equipment and nozzles used …

Electrowetting-Induced Coalescence of Sessile Droplets in Viscous Medium

JSM Quintero, B Majhy, M Caesar, PR Waghmare - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Manipulating the coalescence of microdroplets has recently gained enormous attention in
digital microfluidics and biological and chemical industries. Here, coalescence between two …

Innovative Method for Water-in-Oil Emulsion Treatment Using Atmospheric Nonthermal-Plasma Technology

S Mir, S Kooshki - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The field of plasma–liquid interactions is rapidly growing, with increasing publications
across applications. While plasma's interactions with water and oil have been researched …

Coalescence of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide and surfactant based droplet on water-oil interface under an electric field

R Painuly, S Kumar, V Anand - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The petroleum industry uses electrocoalescers to remove brine/water from crude oil.
Aqueous droplets show three drop-interface phenomena under an electric field …

Contactless Method of Emulsion Formation Using Corona Discharge

A Dehghanghadikolaei, M Shahbaznezhad… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electroemulsification methods use electrohydrodynamic (EHD) forces to manipulate fluids
and droplets for emulsion formation. Here, a top-down method is presented using a …