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Rible GPS, Spinazzola MA, Jones RE, Constantin RU, Wang W, Dickerson AK. Dynamic Drop Penetration of Horizontally Oriented Fiber Arrays. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:13339-13354. [PMID: 38864721 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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In this experimental study, we combine drop impact into porous media and onto a single fiber to study drop impact into fiber arrays inspired by mammalian fur coats. In our 3D-printed arrays, we vary the packing density, fiber alignment, strand cross-section, and wettability. Drops impact fibers fixed at both ends, penetrating over short periods of time by momentum and laterally spreading throughout the array. Using image analysis, we measure penetration depth and wetted width into the array. Impact Weber number and intrinsic porosity define penetration, retraction, and rebound regimes. On average, at an impact Weber number of ≈80, staggered fibers reduce penetration by 24% in hydrophilic fibers and 34% in hydrophobic fibers, and the penetration reduction percentage is expected to increase with increasing Weber number. Our results indicate that as density grows toward the density of mammalian pelts, penetration will reach a maximum value independent of drop impact velocity, thereby providing an effective rain barrier. Hydrophilicity at the densities we test, 50-150 strands/cm2, aids fiber array resistance to dynamic penetration by impacting drops through the promotion of lateral drop spreading and inhibition of drop fragmentation. Conversely, hydrophobic fibers best resist low-speed wicking. The fraction of a drop that infiltrates hydrophilic and hydrophobic fibers is nearly identical for a fixed Weber number because lateral spreading restricts the penetration depth into hydrophilic fibers but does not restrict mass infiltration. Above a critical Weber number, the entire drop mass penetrates fiber arrays regardless of strand wettability.
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- Gene Patrick S Rible
- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Hartmann S, Diekmann J, Greve D, Thiele U. Drops on Polymer Brushes: Advances in Thin-Film Modeling of Adaptive Substrates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:4001-4021. [PMID: 38358424 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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We briefly review recent advances in the hydrodynamic modeling of the dynamics of droplets on adaptive substrates, in particular, solids that are covered by polymer brushes. Thereby, the focus is on long-wave and full-curvature variants of mesoscopic hydrodynamic models in gradient dynamics form. After introducing the approach for films/drops of nonvolatile simple liquids on a rigid smooth solid substrate, it is first expanded to an arbitrary number of coupled degrees of freedom before considering the specific case of drops of volatile liquids on brush-covered solids. After presenting the model, its usage is illustrated by briefly considering the natural and forced spreading of drops of nonvolatile liquids on a horizontal brush-covered substrate, stick-slip motion of advancing contact lines as well as drops sliding down a brush-covered incline. Finally, volatile liquids are also considered.
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- Simon Hartmann
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Münster, Wilhelm Klemm Str. 9, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Münster, Wilhelm Klemm Str. 9, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Münster, Wilhelm Klemm Str. 9, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Münster, Wilhelm Klemm Str. 9, D-48149 Münster, Germany
- Center of Nonlinear Science (CeNoS), Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Zhu L, Chowdhury A, Radke CJ. Four-petal aqueous imbibition into woven cloth. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 637:317-325. [PMID: 36706727 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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HYPOTHESIS Improving the processing efficiency of aerosol-coating technologies during mass production requires optimal nozzle spacing to allow complete surface coverage while at the same time not over-using the coating fluid. The difficult challenge is to estimate quantitatively the substrate coverage of fine droplets. Bouncing, splashing, and imbibition of droplets on solid surfaces have been widely explored, but little attention has been paid to liquid imbibition into woven textiles. EXPERIMENTS Here, we experimentally and theoretically study the imbibition dynamics of aqueous droplets on woven cloths. The experimental process was observed using magnified visual observation. A proposed continuum mathematical model well predicts the aqueous imbibition fronts as a function of time. FINDINGS A captivating four-petal imbibition spreading pattern is observed at enhanced magnification. The imbibition occurs separately in the megapores of the cloth between yarns, and in smaller minipores within individual yarn bundles. Surprisingly, weave intersections do not allow cross imbibition accentuating an anisotropic imbibition pattern. The proposed model achieves quantitative agreement with experiment. This is the first time that the mechanisms of four-petal droplet deposition, spreading, and imbibition into woven cloth have been outlined and successfully simulated. The mathematical model predicts advancement of liquids in anisotropic woven cloth, and permits evaluation of the coverages of droplet spreading.
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- Lisha Zhu
- College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, PR China; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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A Scientometric Review on Imbibition in Unconventional Reservoir: A Decade of Review from 2010 to 2021. Processes (Basel) 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/pr11030845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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Spontaneous imbibition is a phenomenon of fluid displacement under the action of capillary force, which is of great significance to reservoir protection, enhanced oil recovery, flow-back optimization, and fracturing fluid selection in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. Remarkable progress has been made in the imbibition research of oil and gas, and the overall research situation of research needs to be analyzed more systematically. This paper aims to provide a scientometric review of imbibition studies in unconventional reservoirs from 2010 to 2021. A total of 1810 papers are collected from the Web of Science Core Correction database based on selected keywords and paper types. Using CiteSpace software, a quantitative scientific analysis is carried out on the main aspects of national cooperation, institutional cooperation, scholarly cooperation, keyword co-occurrence, journal co-citation, article co-citation, and keyword clustering. The principal research countries, institutions, scholars, keywords, published journals, influential articles, and main research clusters are obtained, and the cooperation relationship is analyzed from the centrality and number of publications. At the end of the paper, the existing knowledge areas are discussed based on the analysis of scientometric results. This study constructs a comprehensive research knowledge map of imbibition, providing relevant research with a more valuable and in-depth understanding of the field.
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Pluntze AM, Cape JL, Klaus ND, Lyon DK. Control of API release with matrix polymorphism in tristearin microspheres. Int J Pharm 2023; 636:122806. [PMID: 36894045 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.122806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Glycerides are widely employed as solid matrices in a range of pharmaceutical intermediates and dosage forms. Diffusion-based mechanisms are responsible for drug release, with both chemical and crystal polymorph differences in the solid lipid matrix cited as controlling factors in drug release rates. This work uses model formulations composed of crystalline caffeine embedded in tristearin to study the impacts to drug release from the two primary polymorphic states of tristearin and dependencies on the conversion routes between them. Using contact angles and NMR diffusometry, this work finds that drug release from the meta-stable α-polymorph is rate limited by a diffusive mechanism relating to its porosity and tortuosity, but initial burst release occurs due to ease of initial wetting. Poor wettability resulting from surface blooming can be rate limiting for the β-polymorph, resulting in slower initial drug release relative to the α-polymorph. The route to achieve the β-polymorph strongly impacts the bulk release profile due to differences in crystallite size and packing efficiency. API loading enhances the effective porosity, leading to enhanced drug release at high loadings. These findings offer generalizable principles to guide formulators on the types of impacts to drug release rates that one may expect due to triglyceride polymorphism.
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- Amanda M Pluntze
- Global Research and Development, Small Molecules, Lonza, 64550 Research Road, Bend, OR 97703, United States.
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- Multiparticulate Product Development, Small Molecules, Lonza, 63045 NE Corporate Place, Bend, OR 97701, United States
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- Multiparticulate Product Development, Small Molecules, Lonza, 63045 NE Corporate Place, Bend, OR 97701, United States
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- Global Research and Development, Small Molecules, Lonza, 64550 Research Road, Bend, OR 97703, United States
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Rofman B, Naddaf R, Bar-Dolev M, Gefen T, Ben-Assa N, Geva-Zatorsky N, Bercovici M. Automated device for multi-stage paper-based assays enabled by an electroosmotic pumping valve. LAB ON A CHIP 2022; 22:4511-4520. [PMID: 35960181 DOI: 10.1039/d2lc00572g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We leverage electroosmotic-flow generation in porous media in combination with a hydrophobic air gap to create a controllable valve capable of operating in either finite dosing or continuous flow mode, enabling the implementation of multi-step assays on paper-based devices. The hydrophobic air gap between two paper pads creates a barrier keeping the valve nominally closed. Electroosmotic actuation, implemented using a pair of electrodes under the upstream pad, generates sufficient pressure to overcome the barrier and connect the two pads. We present a model describing the flow and governing parameters, including the electric potentials required to open and close the valve and the threshold potential for switching between the modes of operation. We construct the air gap using a hierarchical superhydrophobic surface and study the stability of the closed valve under strenuous conditions and find good agreement between our model and experimental results, as well as stable working conditions for practical applications. We present a straightforward design for a compact and automated device based on paper pads placed on top of printed circuit boards (PCB), equipped with heating and actuation electrodes and additional power and logic capabilities. Finally, we demonstrate the use of the device for amplification of SARS-CoV-2 sequences directly from raw saliva samples, using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) protocol requiring sample lysis followed by enzymatic deactivation and delivery to multiple amplification sites. Since PCB costs scale favorably with mass-production, we believe that this approach could lead to a low-cost diagnostic device that offers the sensitivity of amplification methods.
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- Baruch Rofman
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
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- Rappaport Technion Integrated Cancer Center (RTICC), Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
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- Rappaport Technion Integrated Cancer Center (RTICC), Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
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- Rappaport Technion Integrated Cancer Center (RTICC), Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
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- Rappaport Technion Integrated Cancer Center (RTICC), Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
- CIFAR, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.
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Kampouraki ZC, Petala M, Boumpakis A, Skordaris G, Michailidis N, Deliyanni E, Kostoglou M, Karapantsios TD. Wetting and Imbibition Characteristics of Pseudomonas fluorescens Biofilms Grown on Stainless Steel. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:9810-9821. [PMID: 35786927 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study aims to provide insights into biofilm resistance associated with their structural properties acquired during formation and development. On this account, the wetting and imbibition behavior of dehydrated Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms grown on stainless steel electropolished substrates is thoroughly examined at different biofilm ages. A polar liquid (water) and a non-polar liquid (diiodomethane) are employed as wetting agents in the form of sessile droplets. A mathematical model is applied to appraise the wetting and imbibition performance of biofilms incorporating the evaporation of sessile droplets. The present results show that the examined biofilms are hydrophilic. The progressive growth of biofilms leads to a gradual increase of substrate surface coverage─up to full coverage─accompanied by a gradual decrease of biofilm surface roughness. It is noteworthy that just after 24 h of biofilm growth, the surface roughness increases about 6.7 times the roughness of the clean stainless steel surface. It is further found that the imbibition of liquid in the biofilm matrix is restricted only to the biofilm region under the sessile droplet. The lack of further capillary imbibition into the biofilm structure, beyond the droplet deposition region, implies that the biofilm matrix is not in the form of an extended network of interconnected micro/nanopores. All in all, the present results indicate a resilient biofilm structure to biocide penetration despite its hydrophilic nature.
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- Zoi Christina Kampouraki
- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Evaporation-driven electrokinetic energy conversion: Critical review, parametric analysis and perspectives. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 305:102708. [PMID: 35640318 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2022.102708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Energy harvesting from evaporation has become a "hot" topic in the last couple of years. Researchers have speculated on several possible mechanisms. Electrokinetic energy conversion is the least hypothetical one. The basics of pressure-driven electrokinetic phenomena of streaming current and streaming potential have long been established. The regularities of evaporation from porous media are also well known. However, "coupling" of these two classes of phenomena has not, yet, been seriously explored. In this critical review, we will recapitalize and combine the available knowledge from these two fields to produce a coherent picture of electrokinetic electricity generation during evaporation from (nano)porous materials. For illustration, we will consider several configurations, namely, single nanopores, arrays of nanopores, systems with reduced area of electrokinetic-conversion elements and devices with side evaporation from thin nanoporous films. For the latter (practically the only one studied experimentally), we will formulate a simple model describing correlations of system performance with such principal parameters as the nanoporous-layer length, width and thickness as well as the pore size, pore-surface hydrophilicity, effective zeta-potential and electric conductivity in nanopores. These correlations will be qualitatively compared with experimental data available in the literature. We will see that experimental data not always are in agreement with the model predictions, which may be due to simplifying model assumptions but also because the mechanisms are different from the classical electrokinetic energy conversion. In particular, this concerns the mechanisms of conversion of evaporation-driven ion streaming currents into electron currents in external circuits. We will also formulate directions of future experimental and theoretical studies that could help clarify these issues.
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Beer-Lech K, Skic A, Skic K, Stropek Z, Arczewska M. Effect of Psyllium Husk Addition on the Structural and Physical Properties of Biodegradable Thermoplastic Starch Film. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15134459. [PMID: 35806583 PMCID: PMC9267890 DOI: 10.3390/ma15134459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The research subject was the analysis of the microstructure, barrier properties, and mechanical resistance of the psyllium husk (PH)-modified thermoplastic starch films. The tensile tests under various static loading conditions were not performed by researchers for this type of material before and are essential for a more precise assessment of the material’s behavior under the conditions of its subsequent use. The film samples were manufactured by the casting method. PH addition improved starch gelatinization and caused a decrease in failure strain by 86% and an increase in failure stress by 48% compared to pure films. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results showed the formation of additional hydrogen bonds between polysaccharides in starch and PH. An increase in the number of hydrophilic groups in the modified films resulted in a faster contact angle decrease (27.4% compared to 12.8% for pure ones within the first 5 s); however, it increased the energy of water binding and surface complexity. The modified films showed the opacity at 600 nm, 43% higher than in the pure starch film, and lower transmittance, suggesting effectively improving barrier properties to UV light, a potent lipid-oxidizing agent in food systems.
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- Karolina Beer-Lech
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automatic Control, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka St., 20-612 Lublin, Poland; (A.S.); (Z.S.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automatic Control, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka St., 20-612 Lublin, Poland; (A.S.); (Z.S.)
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- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Doświadczalna St., 20-290 Lublin, Poland;
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automatic Control, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka St., 20-612 Lublin, Poland; (A.S.); (Z.S.)
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Environmental Biology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 13 Akademicka St., 20-950 Lublin, Poland;
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Sun T, Song J, Liu Z, Jiang W. The transport and retention of CQDs-doped TiO 2 in packed columns and 3D printed micromodels. J Environ Sci (China) 2022; 113:365-375. [PMID: 34963544 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2021.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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CQDs-doped TiO2 (C-TiO2) has drawn increased attention in recent because of its excellent catalytic performance. Understanding the transport of C-TiO2 in porous media is necessary for evaluating the environmental process of this new nanomaterial. Column experiments were used in this study to investigate ionic strength (IS), dissolved organic matter (DOM) and sand grain size on the transport of C-TiO2. The mobility of C-TiO2 was inhibited by the increased IS and decreased sand grain size, but was promoted by the increased DOM concentration. The promotion efficiency of DOM ranked as humic acid (HA) > alginate (Alg) > bovine serum albumin (BSA), which was in the same order as their ability to change surface charges. The micromodels of pore network were prepared via 3D printing to further reveal the deposition mechanisms and spatial/temporal distribution of C-TiO2 in porous space. C-TiO2 mainly attached to the upstream region of collectors because of interception. The collector ripening was observed after long-time deposition. The existence of DOM caused visible decrease of C-TiO2 deposition in the pore network. HA caused the most remarkable reduce of deposition in the three types of DOM, which was consistent with the column experiment results. This research is helpful to predict the transport of C-TiO2 in natural porous media.
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- Tao Sun
- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Qingdao SKSS 3D Printing Technology Co. LTD., Qingdao 266111, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; Shenzhen Research Institute, Shandong University, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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Kubochkin N, Gambaryan-Roisman T. Capillary-Driven Flow in Corner Geometries. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2022.101575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhang J, Tuohey J, Amini N, Morton DA, Hapgood KP. Liquid imbibition into 3D printed porous substrates. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bongiovanni Abel S, Martinez MV, Bruno MM, Barbero CA, Abraham GA, Acevedo DF. A modular platform based on electrospun carbon nanofibers and poly(
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- Silvestre Bongiovanni Abel
- Research Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA) National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP)‐National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Mar del Plata Argentina
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA) National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)‐National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Río Cuarto Argentina
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA) National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)‐National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Río Cuarto Argentina
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA) National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)‐National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Río Cuarto Argentina
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- Research Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA) National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP)‐National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Mar del Plata Argentina
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA) National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)‐National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Río Cuarto Argentina
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Heinz M, Stephan P, Gambaryan-Roisman T. Influence of nanofiber coating thickness and drop volume on spreading, imbibition, and evaporation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wetting properties of dehydrated biofilms under different growth conditions. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2021; 210:112245. [PMID: 34891062 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Biofilms are resilient to environmental conditions and often resistant even to strong disinfectants. It is crucial to investigate their interfacial properties, which can be effectively characterized by wetting analysis. Wetting phenomena on biofilm surfaces have been poorly investigated in literature, in particular a systematic study of wetting on real biofilm-coated substrates including the application of external body forces (forced wetting, i.e.: centrifugal and gravitational forces) is missing. The aim of this work is to study the role of nutrient and shear flow conditions on wetting properties of Pseudomonas fluorescens dehydrated biofilms, grown on glass substrates. An innovative device (Kerberos®), capable to study spreading/sliding behavior under the application of external body forces, is used here for a systematic analysis of wetting/de-wetting liquid droplets on horizontal substrates under the action of tangential forces. Results prove that, under different growth conditions, (i.e., nutrients and imposed flow), biofilms exhibit different wetting properties. At lower nutrient/shear flow conditions, biofilms show spreading/sliding behavior close to that of pure glass. At higher nutrient and shear flow conditions, droplets on biofilms show spreading followed by imbibition soon after deposition, which leads to peculiar droplet depinning during the rotation test. Wetting properties are derived as a function of the rotation speed from both top and side views videoframes through a dedicated image analysis technique. A detailed analysis of biofilm formation and morphology/topography is also provided here.
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Melt infiltration through porous debris at temperatures above Solidification: Validation of analytical model. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Castigliano M, Recupido F, Petala M, Kostoglou M, Caserta S, Karapantsios TD. Wetting of Dehydrated Hydrophilic Pseudomonas fluorescens Biofilms under the Action of External Body Forces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:10890-10901. [PMID: 34314173 PMCID: PMC8459453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Wetting of dehydrated Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms grown on glass substrates by an external liquid is employed as a means to investigate the complex morphology of these biofilms along with their capability to interact with external fluids. The porous structure left behind after dehydration induces interesting droplet spreading on the external surface and imbibition into pores upon wetting. Static contact angles and volume loss by imbibition measured right upon droplet deposition indicate that biofilms of higher incubation times show a higher porosity and effective hydrophilicity. Furthermore, during subsequent rotation tests, using Kerberos device, these properties dictate a peculiar forced wetting/spreading behavior. As rotation speed increases a long liquid tail forms progressively at the rear part of the droplet, which stays pinned at all times, while only the front part of the droplet depins and spreads. Interestingly, the experimentally determined retention force for the onset of droplet sliding on biofilm external surface is lower than that on pure glass. An effort is made to describe such complex forced wetting phenomena by presenting apparent contact angles, droplet length, droplet shape contours, and edges position as obtained from detailed image analysis.
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- Michela Castigliano
- Department
of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering (DICMaPi), University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale V. Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy
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- Division
of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department
of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division
of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department
of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering (DICMaPi), University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale V. Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy
- CEINGE
Advanced Biotechnology, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Division
of Chemical Technology, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Box 116, 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Hoseyni SM, Konovalenko A, Thakre S, Villanueva W, Komlev A, Bechta S, Sköld P, Akiba M, Hotta A. Metallic melt infiltration in preheated debris bed and the effect of solidification. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Krainer S, Hirn U. Contact angle measurement on porous substrates: Effect of liquid absorption and drop size. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Chebbi R. Absorption and Spreading of a Liquid Droplet Over a Thick Porous Substrate. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:4649-4655. [PMID: 33644571 PMCID: PMC7905799 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Spreading over porous substrates occurs in several processes including printing, cleaning, coating, and manufacturing of ceramic structures. For small drops, viscous and capillary forces are ultimately the predominant forces. The process typically undergoes three phases: a first stage in which the droplet spreads, a second phase in which the area of contact with the solid substrate nearly remains constant, and a third stage in which the droplet retracts with its volume reaching zero finally. The objective of the investigation is to find the dynamics of spreading and absorption of the droplet using fundamentals while making relevant approximations to account for both radial and vertical dynamics. The proposed model requires minimal computational work. The results are compared with the published experimental data for the perfect wetting case, and are found to be in good agreement with detailed published experimental data for both droplet dynamics and dynamics of penetration in the porous substrate.
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- Rachid Chebbi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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Hoffmann R, Strodtmann L, Thiel K, Sloboda L, Urbaniak T, Hubley AN, Hartwig A. Highly porous nanocoatings tailored for inverse nanoparticle‐polymer composites. NANO SELECT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/nano.202000128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Ron Hoffmann
- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) Bremen Germany
- Department 2 Biology/Chemistry University of Bremen Bremen Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) Bremen Germany
- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Materials Science Kiel University Kiel Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) Bremen Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) Bremen Germany
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) Bremen Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) Bremen Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) Bremen Germany
- Department 2 Biology/Chemistry University of Bremen Bremen Germany
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Khalil A, Schäfer F, Postulka N, Stanzel M, Biesalski M, Andrieu-Brunsen A. Wettability-defined droplet imbibition in ceramic mesopores. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:24228-24236. [PMID: 33291122 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06650h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Wettability-defined liquid infiltration into porous materials in nature and several industrial applications is of fundamental interest. Direct observation of wetting-controlled imbibition in mesopores is anticipated to deliver important insights into the interplay between nanoconfined liquid movement and nanoscale wettability. We present a systematic study of water imbibition into mesoporous silica thin films with wetting properties precisely adjusted through chemical functionalization. We observe the liquid infiltration, resulting in an imbibition ring around the water droplet, by top-view imaging using a camera with collimated coaxial illumination. With decreasing hydrophilicity, the maximum imbibition area around the droplet decreases, accompanied by a simultaneous change in the imbibition kinetics and imbibition mechanism. Initially, the imbibition kinetics follow a modified Lucas-Washburn law that considers a strong influence of evaporation. However, with increasing imbibition time after reaching constant imbibition ring dimensions, the imbibition area starts to increase again, causing a deviation from the applied model. This observation is ascribed to water-mediated surface activation at the imbibition front, leading to a slightly increased wettability, which is also confirmed by water adsorption measurements. Furthermore, recently described spontaneous condensation-evaporation imbalances that cause oscillations of the imbibition front could be verified and were studied with regard to changing wetting properties. By increasing the contact angle of the material and therefore the partial pressure needed for capillary condensation, the amplitude of the imbibition front oscillations decreases. These results provide insights into the wettability-defined complex movement of water in mesoporous structures, which has practical implications, e.g., for nano/microfluidic devices and water purification or harvesting.
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- Adnan Khalil
- Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Suo S, Gan Y. Rupture of Liquid Bridges on Porous Tips: Competing Mechanisms of Spontaneous Imbibition and Stretching. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:13642-13648. [PMID: 33147041 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Liquid bridges are commonly encountered in nature and the liquid transfer induced by their rupture is widely used in various industrial applications. In this work, with the focus on the porous tip, we studied the impacts of capillary effects on the liquid transfer induced by the rupture through numerical simulations. To depict the capillary effects of a porous tip, a time scale ratio, RT, is proposed to compare the competing mechanisms of spontaneous imbibition and external drag. In terms of RT, we then develop a theoretical model for estimating the liquid retention ratio considering the geometry, porosity, and wettability of tips. The mechanism presented in this work provides a possible approach to control the liquid transfer with better accuracy in microfluidics or microfabrications.
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- Si Suo
- School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Cape JL, Pluntze AM, Nelson ML, Seymour JD, Miller WK, Dower AM, Buchanan SS. Mechanisms of water permeation and diffusive API release from stearyl alcohol and glyceryl behenate modified release matrices. Int J Pharm 2020; 589:119819. [PMID: 32871217 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This work aims to develop complimentary analytical tools for lipid formulation selection that offer insights into the mechanisms of in-vitro drug release for solid lipid modified release excipients. Such tools are envisioned to aide and expedite the time consuming process of formulation selection and development. Two pharmaceutically relevant solid lipid excipients are investigated, stearyl alcohol and glyceryl behenate, which are generally known to exhibit faster and slower relative release rates, respectively. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusometry are used, along with water uptake and dissolution experiments to help distinguish between two proposed in-vitro release mechanisms for crystalline caffeine from these matrices: 1) rate limiting movement of the wetting front through the particle, and 2) rate limiting diffusive release of the active from the wetted particle. Findings based on water permeation rates, API diffusion coefficients and kinetic modeling suggest that the rate limiting steps for caffeine release from these matrices are different, with stearyl alcohol being co-rate limited by movement of the wetting front and diffusive release of API, whereas glyceryl behenate is more strictly limited by diffusive release of API from the wetted matrix. A Peclet-like number is proposed to describe the different regimes of rate limitation for drug release. NMR spectroscopy and diffusometry are demonstrated to be useful tools for elucidating mechanisms of API release from crystalline drug/lipid mixtures and have significant potential value as screening tools in MR formulation development.
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- Jonathan L Cape
- Research and Development, Lonza Pharma, Biotech and Nutrition, Bend, OR, USA.
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- Research and Development, Lonza Pharma, Biotech and Nutrition, Bend, OR, USA
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- Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3920, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717-3920, USA
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- Research and Development, Lonza Pharma, Biotech and Nutrition, Bend, OR, USA
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- Research and Development, Lonza Pharma, Biotech and Nutrition, Bend, OR, USA
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Mechanism of Permeability and Oil Recovery during Fracturing in Tight Oil Reservoirs. Processes (Basel) 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/pr8080972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this study, the effect of fracturing fluid on the permeability of tight oil reservoirs is analyzed through oil absorption. The mechanism of permeation and absorption in tight oil reservoirs was studied using the molecular dynamics simulation of fluid flow through fractures in porous media containing crude oil. The influence of surfactants on the adsorption characteristics of crude oil formations on rock walls was also examined. The research results show that the introduction of the appropriate surfactant to the fracturing fluid could accelerate the rate of percolation and recovery as well as improve the recovery rate of absorption. The optimal concentration of polyoxyethylene octyl phenol ether-10 (OP-10) surfactant in the fracturing fluid was 0.9%. When the percolation reached a certain stage, the capillary forces in the crude oil and percolation medium in the pore stabilized; accordingly, the crude oil from the pore roar should be discharged at the earliest. The fluid flow through the fracture effectively carries the oil seeping out near the fractured wall to avoid the stability of the seepage and absorption systems. The surfactant can change the rock absorbability for crude oil, the result of which is that the percolating liquid can adsorb on the rock wall, thus improving the discharge of crude oil. The results of this study are anticipated to significantly contribute to the advancement of oil and gas recovery from tight oil reservoirs.
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Yue J, Wang Z, Sun Y, Chen J, An F, Yu H, Li X. Measurement and Modeling of Spontaneous Capillary Imbibition in Coal. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:14461-14472. [PMID: 32596584 PMCID: PMC7315578 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Coal is a typical dual-porosity medium. The implementation process of water invasion technology in coal is actually a process of spontaneous imbibition of external water. To obtain a model of spontaneous capillary imbibition in coal, the spontaneous imbibition of water in coal samples with different production loads is conducted experimentally. Due to the coal particle deformation and the cohesive forces, the porosity and maximum diameter decrease gradually with increasing pressing loads. Due to the filling effects and occupying effects, the proper particle grading can reduce the porosity and tortuosity. The Comiti model can be used to describe the tortuosity. The tortuosity increases with decreasing porosity. The smaller the porosity, the smoother the surface of the coal sample. The contact angle is negatively correlated with the surface roughness. The fractal dimension decreases with increasing pressing load. The difference in the pore characteristics between particles is the main reason for the difference in the fractal dimension. The proposed model of spontaneous capillary imbibition in coal is consistent with the experimental data. The implications of this study are important for understanding the law of spontaneous imbibition in coal and the displacement of gas by spontaneous capillary imbibition in coal, which is important for optimizing the parameters of coal seam water injection.
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- Jiwei Yue
- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan
Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
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- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan
Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Gas Geology and Gas Control, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R.
China
- Ministry
of Education Engineering Center of Mine Disaster Prevention and Rescue, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
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- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan
Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
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- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan
Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Gas Geology and Gas Control, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R.
China
- Ministry
of Education Engineering Center of Mine Disaster Prevention and Rescue, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
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- College
of Safety Science and Engineering, Henan
Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Gas Geology and Gas Control, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R.
China
- Ministry
of Education Engineering Center of Mine Disaster Prevention and Rescue, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
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- Jiaozuo
Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jiaozuo 454000, P. R.
China
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- Jiaozuo
Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jiaozuo 454000, P. R.
China
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Gallego-Gómez F, Cadar C, López C, Ardelean I. Imbibition and dewetting of silica colloidal crystals: An NMR relaxometry study. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 561:741-748. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.11.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Peng NB, He JH. Insight into the Wetting Property of a Nanofiber Membrane by the Geometrical Potential. RECENT PATENTS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 14:64-70. [PMID: 31750809 DOI: 10.2174/1872210513666191120104149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND There are many patents on design of a material surface with special wetting property, however, theoretical methods are lacked. The wetting property of a nanofiber member has attracted much attention. A material with different sizes or with different structures possesses different wetting properties. No theory can explain the phenomenon. METHODS The contact angle, fiber fineness, pore size and layer of the nanofiber membrane were tested. The contact angles were measured for membranes with different thicknesses. The geometrical potential is used to explain the experimental phenomenon. RESULTS The wetting property of a nanofiber membrane mainly depends on fiber diameter and thickness. CONCLUSION Wetting property of a PVA nanofiber membrane depends upon not only the hydrophilic groups, but also the geometrical structure of its surface, the latter prevails when the porous size of the membrane tends to a nanoscale, and the wetting property can be inverted from hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity.
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- Ning-Bo Peng
- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Engineering, Soochow University, 199 Ren-ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Engineering, Soochow University, 199 Ren-ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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Arrabito G, Ferrara V, Ottaviani A, Cavaleri F, Cubisino S, Cancemi P, Ho YP, Knudsen BR, Hede MS, Pellerito C, Desideri A, Feo S, Pignataro B. Imbibition of Femtoliter-Scale DNA-Rich Aqueous Droplets into Porous Nylon Substrates by Molecular Printing. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:17156-17165. [PMID: 31790261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This work presents the first reported imbibition mechanism of femtoliter (fL)-scale droplets produced by microchannel cantilever spotting (μCS) of DNA molecular inks into porous substrates (hydrophilic nylon). Differently from macroscopic or picoliter droplets, the downscaling to the fL-size leads to an imbibition process controlled by the subtle interplay of evaporation, spreading, viscosity, and capillarity, with gravitational forces being quasi-negligible. In particular, the minimization of droplet evaporation, surface tension, and viscosity allows for a reproducible droplet imbibition process. The dwell time on the nylon surface permits further tuning of the droplet lateral size, in accord with liquid ink diffusion mechanisms. The functionality of the printed DNA molecules is demonstrated at different imbibed oligonucleotide concentrations by hybridization with a fluorolabeled complementary sequence, resulting in a homogeneous coverage of DNA within the imbibed droplet. This study represents a first step toward the μCS-enabled fabrication of DNA-based biosensors and microarrays into porous substrates.
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- G Arrabito
- Department of Physics and Chemistry "Emilio Segrè" , University of Palermo , Building 17, V.le delle Scienze , Palermo 90128 , Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences , University of Catania , Viale Andrea Doria 6 , Catania 95125 , Italy
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- Department of Biology , University of Rome Tor Vergata , Via della Ricerca Scientifica , Rome 00133 , Italy
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry "Emilio Segrè" , University of Palermo , Building 17, V.le delle Scienze , Palermo 90128 , Italy
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry "Emilio Segrè" , University of Palermo , Building 17, V.le delle Scienze , Palermo 90128 , Italy
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- Department of Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies , University of Palermo , Building 16, V.le delle Scienze , Palermo 90128 , Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , China
- Centre for Novel Biomaterials , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics , Aarhus University , C.F. Møllers Allé 3 , Aarhus C 8000 , Denmark
- iNANO , Aarhus University , Gustav Wieds Vej 14 , Aarhus 8000 , Denmark
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- VPCIR.COM , CF. Møllers Alle 3 , Aarhus C 800 , Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry "Emilio Segrè" , University of Palermo , Building 17, V.le delle Scienze , Palermo 90128 , Italy
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- Department of Biology , University of Rome Tor Vergata , Via della Ricerca Scientifica , Rome 00133 , Italy
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- Department of Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies , University of Palermo , Building 16, V.le delle Scienze , Palermo 90128 , Italy
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry "Emilio Segrè" , University of Palermo , Building 17, V.le delle Scienze , Palermo 90128 , Italy
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Lee J, Jiang Y, Hizal F, Ban GH, Jun S, Choi CH. Durable omniphobicity of oil-impregnated anodic aluminum oxide nanostructured surfaces. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 553:734-745. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Spreading and Imbibition of Vesicle Dispersion Droplets on Porous Substrates. COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/colloids3030053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Vesicles have recently found widespread use in applications such as conditioning of textiles, paper and hair, as well as transdermal drug delivery. The mode of treatment in several such cases involves the application of droplets of aqueous dispersions of vesicles onto dry porous substrates like paper and textiles. One of the factors which affects the performance of such treatments is the rate at which the droplets spread and imbibe on the porous substrate. Depending upon the specific purpose of the treatment either a fast or slow droplet spreading kinetics could be desired. Therefore, it is important to have a good understanding of the droplet spreading process and the factors which influence it. In this work, an experimental investigation of the simultaneous spreading and imbibition of vesicle dispersion droplets on cellulose filter papers is carried out. Two different types of vesicles which are composed of similar lipid molecules but exhibit contrasting lipid bilayer phase behavior are used. Two different grades of filter papers with comparable porosities but different thicknesses are used as porous substrate. It is found that the droplet spreading behavior is of the “complete wetting” type on the thicker porous substrate, whereas it is of the “partial wetting” type on the thinner substrate. Furthermore, it is observed that the spreading of droplets containing vesicles with liquid-crystalline phase bilayers occurs faster than that of vesicles with solid-gel phase bilayers. The secondary radial penetration which commences after the initial droplet spreading is complete is also investigated and discussed.
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Kumar A, Trambitas A, Peggau J, Dahl V, Venzmer J, Gambaryan-Roisman T, Kleinen J. Charge and size matters—How to formulate organomodified silicones for textile applications. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.09.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ripken RM, Schlautmann S, Sanders RGP, Gardeniers JGE, Le Gac S. Monitoring phase transition of aqueous biomass model substrates by high-pressure and high-temperature microfluidics. Electrophoresis 2018; 40:563-570. [PMID: 30580450 PMCID: PMC6590653 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201800431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Aqueous‐Phase Reforming (APR) is a promising hydrogen production method, where biomass is catalytically reformed under high pressure and high temperature reaction conditions. To eventually study APR, in this paper, we report a high‐pressure and high‐temperature microfluidic platform that can withstand temperatures up to 200°C and pressures up to 30 bar. As a first step, we studied the phase transition of four typical APR biomass model solutions, consisting of 10 wt% of ethylene glycol, glycerol, xylose or xylitol in MilliQ water. After calibration of the set‐up using pure MilliQ water, a small increase in boiling point was observed for the ethylene glycol, xylitol and xylose solutions compared to pure water. Phase transition occurred through either explosive or nucleate boiling mechanisms, which was monitored in real‐time in our microfluidic device. In case of nucleate boiling, the nucleation site could be controlled by exploiting the pressure drop along the microfluidic channel. Depending on the void fraction, various multiphase flow patterns were observed simultaneously. Altogether, this study will not only help to distinguish between bubbles resulting from a phase transition and/or APR product formation, but is also important from a heat and mass transport perspective.
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- Renée M Ripken
- Applied Microfluidics for BioEngineering Research, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology and TechMed Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.,Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Applied Microfluidics for BioEngineering Research, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology and TechMed Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Bezuidenhout MB, Booysen E, van Staden AD, Uheida EH, Hugo PA, Oosthuizen GA, Dimitrov DM, Dicks LM. Selective Laser Melting of Integrated Ti6Al4V ELI Permeable Walls for Controlled Drug Delivery of Vancomycin. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2018; 4:4412-4424. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Martin B. Bezuidenhout
- Stellenbosch Technology Centre, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Room B2005, Industrial Engineering Building (Entrance 6), Banghoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Third Floor, J.C. Smuts Building, De Beer Street, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University, first floor, Mike de Vries Building, C/o Merriman Avenue and Bosman Street, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Stellenbosch Technology Centre, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Room B2005, Industrial Engineering Building (Entrance 6), Banghoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Stellenbosch Technology Centre, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Room B2005, Industrial Engineering Building (Entrance 6), Banghoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Stellenbosch Technology Centre, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Room B2005, Industrial Engineering Building (Entrance 6), Banghoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Stellenbosch Technology Centre, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Room B2005, Industrial Engineering Building (Entrance 6), Banghoek Road, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Third Floor, J.C. Smuts Building, De Beer Street, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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Yin X, Aslannejad H, de Vries ET, Raoof A, Hassanizadeh SM. Droplet Imbibition into Paper Coating Layer: Pore-Network Modeling Simulation. Transp Porous Media 2018; 125:239-258. [PMID: 30393415 PMCID: PMC6190750 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-018-1116-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Liquid penetration into thin porous media such as paper is often simulated using continuum-scale single-phase Darcy's law. The underlying assumption was that a sharp invasion front percolates through the layer. To explore this ambiguous assumption and to understand the controlling pore-scale mechanisms, we have developed a dynamic pore-network model to simulate imbibition of a wetting phase from a droplet into a paper coating layer. The realistic pore structures are obtained using the FIB-SEM imaging of the coating material with a minimum resolution of 3.5 nm. Pore network was extracted from FIB-SEM images using Avizo software. Data of extracted pore network are used for statistically generating pore network. Droplet sizes are chosen in the range of those applicable in inkjet printing. Our simulations show no sharp invasion front exists and there is the presence of residual non-wetting phase. In addition, penetration of different sizes of droplets of different material properties into the pore network with different pore body and pore throat sizes are performed. We have found an approximately linear decrease in droplet volume with time. This contradicts the expected t -behavior in vertical imbibition that is obtained using macroscopic single-phase Darcy's law. With increase in flow rate, transition of imbibition invasion front from percolation-like pattern to a more sharper one with less trapping of non-wetting phase is also reported. Our simulations suggest that the single-phase Darcy's law does not adequately describe liquid penetration into materials such as paper coating layer. Instead Richards equation would be a better choice.
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- X. Yin
- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Si Y, Yu C, Dong Z, Jiang L. Wetting and spreading: Fundamental theories to cutting-edge applications. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2017.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Basit A, Siwayanan P, KuShaari K, Keong LK, Azeem B. An investigation on dissolutive wetting of porous urea surface. CAN J CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.23211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Abdul Basit
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar; Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar; Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar; Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar; Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar; Perak Malaysia
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Gatapova EY, Shonina AM, Safonov AI, Sulyaeva VS, Kabov OA. Evaporation dynamics of a sessile droplet on glass surfaces with fluoropolymer coatings: focusing on the final stage of thin droplet evaporation. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:1811-1821. [PMID: 29442108 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02192e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The evaporation dynamics of a water droplet with an initial volume of 2 μl from glass surfaces with fluoropolymer coatings are investigated using the shadow technique and an optical microscope. The droplet profile for a contact angle of less than 5° is constructed using an image-analyzing interference technique, and evaporation dynamics are investigated at the final stage. We coated the glass slides with a thin film of a fluoropolymer by the hot-wire chemical vapor deposition method at different deposition modes depending on the deposition pressure and the temperature of the activating wire. The resulting surfaces have different structures affecting the wetting properties. Droplet evaporation from a constant contact radius mode in the early stage of evaporation was found followed by the mode where both contact angle and contact radius simultaneously vary in time (final stage) regardless of wettability of the coated surfaces. We found that depinning occurs at small contact angles of 2.2-4.7° for all samples, which are smaller than the measured receding contact angles. This is explained by imbibition of the liquid into the developed surface of the "soft" coating that leads to formation of thin droplets completely wetting the surface. The final stage, which is little discussed in the literature, is also recorded. We have singled out a substage where the contact line velocity is abruptly increasing for all coated and uncoated surfaces. The critical droplet height corresponding to the transition to this substage is about 2 μm with R/h = 107. The duration of this substage is the same for all coated and uncoated surfaces. Droplets observed at this substage for all the tested surfaces are axisymmetric. The specific evaporation rate clearly demonstrates an abrupt increase at the final substage of the droplet evaporation. The classical R2 law is justified for the complete wetting situation where the droplet is disappearing in an axisymmetric manner.
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- Elizaveta Ya Gatapova
- Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Lavrentyev Ave., 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
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Basit A, KuShaari K, Siwayanan P, Azeem B. Effect of process parameters on droplet spreading behaviour over porous surface. CAN J CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Abdul Basit
- Department of Chemical Engineering; Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Seri Iskandar Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Seri Iskandar Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Seri Iskandar Perak Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; 32610 Seri Iskandar Perak Malaysia
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Zhang T, Li X, Sun Z, Feng D, Miao Y, Li P, Zhang Z. An analytical model for relative permeability in water-wet nanoporous media. Chem Eng Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Esteban J, Moxon TE, Simons TAH, Bakalis S, Fryer PJ. Understanding and Modeling the Liquid Uptake in Porous Compacted Powder Preparations. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:7015-7027. [PMID: 28657754 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Porous solid materials commonly undergo coating processes during their manufacture, where liquids are put in contact with solids for different purposes. The study of liquid penetration in porous substrates is a process of high relevance in activities in several industries. In particular, powder detergents are subject to coating with surfactants that will boost their performance, although this may affect the flowability and even cause caking of the particulate material, which can be detrimental to consumer acceptance. Here we present a methodology to make compacted preparations of powders relevant to detergent making and evaluate the internal structure of such porous substrates by means of X-ray microcomputed tomography. Liquid penetration in the preparation and the total mass uptake of fluid were monitored by a gravimetric technique based on a modified Wilhelmy plate method consisting of consecutive cycles. Taking into account the geometry of the system, two models were proposed to describe the liquid uptake based on the process being driven by mass (model 1) or pressure (model 2) gradients. A comparison between both from statistical and physical points of view led to the conclusion that the latter was more appropriate for describing the process and retrieving values of the permeability of the solid between 0.03 × 10-12 and 0.95 × 10-12 m2. Finally, with the parameters retrieved from model 2, the force balance observed throughout the experiment was simulated satisfactorily.
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- Jesús Esteban
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham , Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham , Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham , Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham , Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham , Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Alam E, Yadav S, Schneider JJ, Gambaryan-Roisman T. Imbibition of water into substrates prepared by thermal treatment of polydimethylsiloxane layers. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Liu Z, Wang Y, Muzzio FJ, Callegari G, Drazer G. Capillary Drop Penetration Method to Characterize the Liquid Wetting of Powders. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:56-65. [PMID: 27982594 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We present a method to characterize the wettability of powders, based on the penetration dynamics of a sessile drop deposited on a slightly compressed powder bed. First, we show that a direct comparison of the wetting properties of different liquids is possible without having to solve the three-dimensional liquid penetration problem, by considering the appropriate dimensionless variables. We show that the contact area between the sessile drop and the powder bed remains constant during most of the penetration process and demonstrate that as a result, the evolution of the dimensionless penetration volume is given by a universal function of the dimensionless time, with no dimensionless parameters. Then, using a reference liquid that completely wets the powder, it is possible to obtain an effective contact angle for a test liquid of interest, independent of other properties of the powder bed, such as permeability and a characteristic pore size. We apply the proposed method to estimate the contact angle of water with different powder blends, by using silicone oil as the reference liquid. Finally, to highlight the potential of the proposed method to characterize pharmaceutical powders, we consider a blend of lactose, acetaminophen, and a small amount of lubricant (magnesium stearate). The proposed method adequately captures a significant decrease in hydrophilicity that results from exposing the blend to excessive mixing, a well-known effect in the pharmaceutical industry.
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- Zhanjie Liu
- Chemical and Biological Engineering Rutgers and ‡Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States !--Q1: Please confirm the postal code in the affiliation, as we have inserted the required information.-->
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering Rutgers and ‡Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States !--Q1: Please confirm the postal code in the affiliation, as we have inserted the required information.-->
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering Rutgers and ‡Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States !--Q1: Please confirm the postal code in the affiliation, as we have inserted the required information.-->
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering Rutgers and ‡Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States !--Q1: Please confirm the postal code in the affiliation, as we have inserted the required information.-->
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering Rutgers and ‡Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States !--Q1: Please confirm the postal code in the affiliation, as we have inserted the required information.-->
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Munuhe T, Lebrun A, Zhu L, Ma R. Using micro-ct to investigate nanofluid droplet sorption in dry powder beds. POWDER TECHNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2016.09.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Liang HQ, Wan LS, Xu ZK. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) separators with dual-asymmetric structure for high-performance lithium ion batteries. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-016-1860-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bian D, Tsui JC, Repin M, Garty G, Turner H, Lawrence Yao Y, Brenner DJ. Liquid Handling Optimization in High-Throughput Biodosimetry Tool. J Med Device 2016; 10:0410071-4100710. [PMID: 27746851 DOI: 10.1115/1.4033600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Revised: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Due to the need of high-speed and efficient biodosimetric assays for triage and therapy in the event of radiological or nuclear attack, a robotically based automated biodosimetry tool (RABiT) has been developed over the past few years. Adapting the micronucleus assay from filter plates to V-shaped plates presented challenges in the liquid handling, namely, cell splashing out of the V-shaped well plate during the cell harvesting, poor cell distribution on the bottom of the image plate during the dispensing, and cell loss from the image plate during the aspiration in the liquid handling process. Experimental and numerical investigations were carried out to better understand the phenomena and mitigate the problems. Surface tension and contact angle among the fluids and the plate wall were accounted for in the discrete and multiphase numerical models. Experimental conditions were optimized based on the numerical results showing the relationship between nozzle speed and amount of splashed liquid, and the relationship between aspiration speed and number of escaped cells. Using these optimized parameters, numbers of micronuclei in binucleated cells showed the same dose dependence in the RABiT-prepared samples as those in the manually prepared ones. Micronucleus assay protocol was fully realized on RABiT.
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- Dakai Bian
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 e-mail:
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032
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- Hua Tan
- School of Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering; Washington State University - Vancouver; 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave. Vancouver WA 98686
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Absorption of impinging water droplet in porous stones. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 471:59-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bossler F, Koos E. Structure of Particle Networks in Capillary Suspensions with Wetting and Nonwetting Fluids. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:1489-501. [PMID: 26807651 PMCID: PMC4757740 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The mechanical properties of a suspension can be dramatically altered by adding a small amount of a secondary fluid that is immiscible with the bulk phase. The substantial changes in the strength of these capillary suspensions arise due to the capillary force inducing a percolating particle network. Spatial information on the structure of the particle networks is obtained using confocal microscopy. It is possible, for the first time, to visualize the different types of percolating structures of capillary suspensions in situ. These capillary networks are unique from other types of particulate networks due to the nature of the capillary attraction. We investigate the influence of the three-phase contact angle on the structure of an oil-based capillary suspension with silica microspheres. Contact angles smaller than 90° lead to pendular networks of particles connected with single capillary bridges or clusters comparable to the funicular state in wet granular matter, whereas a different clustered structure, the capillary state, forms for angles larger than 90°. Particle pair distribution functions are obtained by image analysis, which demonstrate differences in the network microstructures. When porous particles are used, the pendular conformation also appears for apparent contact angles larger than 90°. The complex shear modulus can be correlated to these microstructural changes. When the percolating structure is formed, the complex shear modulus increases by nearly three decades. Pendular bridges lead to stronger networks than the capillary state network conformations, but the capillary state clusters are nevertheless much stronger than pure suspensions without the added liquid.
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- Frank Bossler
- Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Institute for Mechanical
Process Engineering and Mechanics, Straße am Forum 8, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology, Institute for Mechanical
Process Engineering and Mechanics, Straße am Forum 8, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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