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Guo K, Liu X, Du L, Lü Y, Luo X, Ling X. Electrocoalescence Behavior of Droplets Dispersed with Na 2CO 3 in Oil under the Electromagnetic Synergy Field. J Phys Chem B 2023. [PMID: 37311091 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electromagnetic synergy is a more effective physical method than a single AC electric field (ACEF) to enhance oil-water separation. However, the electrocoalescence behavior of droplets dispersed with salt ions in oil under the synergistic electromagnetic field (EMSF) still lacks research. Herein, the evolution coefficient of liquid bridge diameter (C1) characterizes the growth rate of the liquid bridge diameter, a series of Na2CO3-dispersed droplets with different ionic strengths were prepared, and C1 values of droplets under ACEF and EMSF were compared. Micro high-speed experiments revealed that C1 under ACEF is larger than C1 under EMSF. In particular, when σ = 100 μS·cm-1and E = 629.73 kV·m-1, C1 under the ACEF is 15% larger than C1 under EMSF. Additionally, the theory of ion enrichment is put forward, which explains the influence of salt ions on ζ potential and total surface potential in EMSF. This study provides guidance for designing high-performance devices by introducing electromagnetic synergy in water-in-oil emulsion treatment.
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- Kai Guo
- College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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- College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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- College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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- College of Pipeline and Civil Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- College of Pipeline and Civil Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, PR China
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Liu D, Cao Q, Piao Z, Li L. Confinement Dynamics of Nanodroplets between Two Surfaces: Effects of Wettability and Electric Field. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202200184. [PMID: 35986551 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200184] [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: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The electrowetting effect and related applications of tiny droplets have aroused widespread research interest. In this work, we report molecular dynamics simulations of confinement dynamics of nanodroplets under different droplet-surface interactions and surface distances under an external electric field. So far, the effect of the surface-droplet interactions on electric field-induced dynamics behaviors of droplets in confined spaces has not been extensively studied. Our results show that in the absence of electric field there is a critical value of surface wettability for the shape transition of droplets. Above this value, the droplet is divided into small droplets adhered on the bottom and top surfaces; below this value, the droplets are detached from the surfaces. When an external electric field is applied parallel to the surfaces, the droplet spreads on the surface along the direction of the electric field. It was found that the surface separation significantly influences the transition of the droplet shape. The steady morphology of the droplets under the electric field depends on the surface-droplet interaction and surface separation. We explore the underlying mechanism causing the morphological transition through analyzing the molecular interactions, the number of interracial molecules and the interaction force between the droplets and surfaces. These results provide basic insights into the molecular interactions of nanodroplets under different confined environments, and clues for applications of confined nanodroplets under the control of electric field.
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- Dandan Liu
- College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P.R. China.,College of Information Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, P.R. China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, P.R. China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P.R. China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, P.R. China
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Wang Y, Li S, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Yuan S, Wang D. Effect of electric field on coalescence of an oil-in-water emulsion stabilized by surfactant: a molecular dynamics study. RSC Adv 2022; 12:30658-30669. [PMID: 36337949 PMCID: PMC9597590 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra04731d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The microscopic understanding of electrocoalescence of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions stabilized by surfactant is very important to improve the efficiency of electrical demulsification. The behaviors of the coalescence of O/W emulsion stabilized by surfactant in the presence of a direct electric field and a pulsed electric field were explored by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. According to the simulated results, an electrical method is feasible to demulsify an O/W emulsion stabilized by a surfactant. The configuration and movement of the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were determined by interactions between SDS molecules themselves and between SDS and oil/water molecules along with the force exerted by the applied electrical field. Two droplets will coalesce into one when the strength of the electric field exceeds 0.4 V nm-1. The SDS group can be broken up by an electric field larger than 0.6 V nm-1. The point when interaction energy between the hexadecane molecules of the two droplets begins to decrease from zero is consistent with the time when the two oil droplets came in contact. The coalescence process can be completed if the two droplets have begun to coalesce, even after the electric field was removed. Otherwise, the coalescence process cannot be completed. To enhance the efficiency of the electrocoalescence of O/W emulsions, strength, frequency and duty ratio of the electric field have to be optimized according to the properties of the emulsion. This research will help us to figure out how electric fields promote the efficiency of electrocoalescence of O/W emulsions with surfactant.
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- Yudou Wang
- College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao 266580 China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao 266580 China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao 266580 China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao 266580 China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao 266580 China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao 266580 China
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Impacting-bouncing nanodroplets on superhydrophobic surfaces under electric fields. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chen Q, Lu K, Zhang Y, Qin D, Xu H, Yang C, He N. Effect of DC electric field on coalescence and breakup behaviors of binary emulsion nanodroplets. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chakraborty D, Pathak S, Chakraborty M. Molecular Investigation of Contact Line Movement in Electrowetted Nanodroplets. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:12580-12589. [PMID: 33054230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of an electrowetted nanodroplet is performed to understand the fundamental origin of the involved parameters resulted from the molecular movement in the vicinity of the three-phase contact line (TPCL). During the spreading of the droplet, contact line friction (CLF) force is found to be the controlling one among all other resistive forces. Being molecular in nature, MD study is required to unveil the CLF, which is manifested by the TPCL friction coefficient ζ. The combined effect of temperature, electric field, and surface wettability, manifested by the solid-liquid Lennard-Jones interaction parameter, is studied to explore the droplet spreading. The entire droplet wetting dynamics is divided into two different regimes, namely, spreading regime and equilibrium regime. The molecular frequency during the TPCL movement in the equilibrium regime is affected by the presence of any external perturbation and results in an alteration of ζ. The predetermined knowledge of the alteration of CLF due to the coupling effect of electric field and temperature will have a potential application towards designing electric field-inspired droplet movement devices.
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- Dipayan Chakraborty
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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Chen Q, Ma J, Xu H, Zhang Y. The impact of the ionic concentration on electrocoalescence of the nanodroplet driven by dielectrophoresis. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Garate JA, Bernardin A, Escalona Y, Yanez C, English NJ, Perez-Acle T. Orientational and Folding Thermodynamics via Electric Dipole Moment Restraining. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:2599-2608. [PMID: 30831028 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b09374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The projection of molecular processes onto a small set of relevant descriptors, the so-called reaction coordinates or collective variables (CVs), is a technique nowadays routinely employed by the biomolecular simulation community. In this work, we implemented two CVs to manipulate the orientation (i.e., angle) (μ⃗a) and magnitude (|μ⃗|) of the electric dipole moment. In doing so, we studied the thermodynamics of water orientation under the application of external voltages and the folding of two polypeptides at zero-field conditions. The projection of the free-energy [potential of mean force (PMF)] along water orientation defined an upper limit of around 0.3 V for irrelevant thermodynamic effects. On the other hand, sufficiently strong μ⃗a restraints applied on 12-alanine (Ala12) triggered structural effects because of the alignment of local dipoles; for lower restraints, a full-body rotation is achieved. The manipulation of |μ⃗| produced strong perturbations on the secondary structure of Ala12, promoting an enhanced sampling to its configurational space. Rigorous free-energy calculations in the form of 2-D PMFs for deca-alanine showed the utility of |μ⃗| as a reaction coordinate to study folding in small α helices. As a whole, we propose that the manipulation of both components of the dipole moment, μ⃗a and |μ⃗|, provides thermodynamics insights into the structural conformation and stability of biomolecules. These new CVs are implemented in the Colvars module, available for NAMD and LAMMPS.
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- Jose Antonio Garate
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaiso , Universidad de Valparaiso , Pasaje Harrington 287 , Playa Ancha, Valparaiso 2381850 , Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaiso , Universidad de Valparaiso , Pasaje Harrington 287 , Playa Ancha, Valparaiso 2381850 , Chile.,Computational Biology Lab , Fundacion Ciencia & Vida , Avenida Zanartu 1482, Nunoa , Santiago 7780272 , Chile
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- Institute for Molecular Modeling and Simulation , Muthgasse 18 , Vienna 1190 , Austria
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- Computational Biology Lab , Fundacion Ciencia & Vida , Avenida Zanartu 1482, Nunoa , Santiago 7780272 , Chile
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- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering , University College Dublin , Belfield, Dublin 4 , Ireland
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaiso , Universidad de Valparaiso , Pasaje Harrington 287 , Playa Ancha, Valparaiso 2381850 , Chile.,Computational Biology Lab , Fundacion Ciencia & Vida , Avenida Zanartu 1482, Nunoa , Santiago 7780272 , Chile
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Olsen R, Kvamme B. Effects of glycol on adsorption dynamics of idealized water droplets on LTA‐3A zeolite surfaces. AIChE J 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Richard Olsen
- University of BergenDept. of Physics and Technology Bergen Norway
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- University of BergenDept. of Physics and Technology Bergen Norway
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Chen Q, Ma J, Zhang Y, Wu C, Xu J. Effects of Temperature and Ionic Concentration on Nanodroplet Electrocoalescence. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:750-759. [PMID: 30586989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Droplet electrocoalescence is of interest for various applications such as petroleum dehydration, electrospray ionization, and surface self-cleaning. Here, the effects of temperature and ionic concentration on nanodroplet electrocoalescence are investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. The results show that low ionic concentration rapidly drives ions towards water clusters and leads to dipole polarization of droplets. With an increase of ionic concentration, the particle-particle interaction is enhanced, but the mobility of free water molecules and salt ions is curbed by hydration and ion pairs, which then slows the electrocoalescence. Low temperature accelerates the rotation of water molecules but does not enhance the mobility of ions. Alternatively, high temperature not only breaks the self-assembly of water molecules along the electric field direction but also helps ions to overcome the electrostatic barrier between particles. The latter effect promotes dipole polarization to compensate for the shortcoming of less orientation polarization. The combined effects of ion concentration and temperature are investigated and unified by droplet conductivity from the microscopic point of view. The conductivity increases with the increase in temperatures and ionic concentrations. We confirm that the accurate control of droplet electrocoalescence can be achieved by a suitable combination of temperature and ionic concentration.
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- School of Energy Power and Mechanical Engineering , North China Electric Power University , Beijing 102206 , China
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Liu J, Pantelides ST. Electrowetting on 2D dielectrics: a quantum molecular dynamics investigation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:375001. [PMID: 30079895 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aad838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Electrowetting on dielectrics (EWOD) is widely used to manipulate the spreading of a conductive liquid on a dielectric surface by applying an electric field. 2D hydrophobic dielectrics are promising candidates for EWOD applications. In this study, extensive quantum molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to investigate the electrowetting behavior of salty water on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) monolayer. The proximal adsorption of salt ions and the associated realignment of the dipole moments of interfacial water with the applied electric field are found to be the physical origin of the electrowetting behavior. At low salt concentration and low electric fields, the proximal adsorption and the realignment follow the applied electric field, and the cosine of the water contact angle (WCA) follows a quadratic dependence on the applied electric field. At high salt concentration and high electric fields, the proximal adsorption saturates, which restricts further realignment and causes a saturation of the WCA. This case study provides physical insights into the much debated mechanism that underlies the contact angle saturation (CAS) found in macroscopic electrowetting phenomena and also provides an avenue for further studies of electrowetting at the atomic scale.
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- Jian Liu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, United States of America
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Topcu ASK, Erdogan E, Cengiz U. Preparation of stable, transparent superhydrophobic film via one step one pot sol-gel method. Colloid Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-018-4377-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Consta S, Oh MI, Sharawy M, Malevanets A. Macroion–Solvent Interactions in Charged Droplets. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:5239-5250. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b01404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Styliani Consta
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9
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