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Rathaur VS, Panda S. Soluto-thermal Marangoni convection in stationary micro-bioreactors on heated substrates: Tool for in vitro diagnosis of PSA. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2024; 18:024108. [PMID: 38617111 PMCID: PMC11014736 DOI: 10.1063/5.0188093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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The investigation of antigen-laden droplet deposition patterns on antibody-immobilized substrates has potential for disease detection. Stationary droplets that contain antigens on surfaces immobilized with antibodies can function as microreactors. Temperature modulation enhances reaction efficiency and reduces detection time in droplet-based systems. Thus, the aim of this study is to explore the impact of substrate heating on the structures of protein deposits and the influence of substrate temperature on thermo-solutal Marangoni convection within the droplets. Previous research has explored deposition patterns as diagnostic tools, but limited investigations have focused on the effects of substrate heating on protein deposit structures and the influence of substrate temperature on thermo-solutal Marangoni convection within droplets, creating a knowledge gap. In this study, we conducted experiments to explore how heating the substrate affects the deposition patterns of droplets containing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) on a substrate immobilized with anti-PSA IgG. Additionally, we investigated the thermo-solutal Marangoni convection within these droplets. Our findings reveal distinct deposition patterns classified into dendritic structures (heterogeneous), transitional patterns, and needle-like (homogeneous) structures. The presence of prominent coffee rings and the variation in crystal size across different groups highlight the interplay between thermal and solutal Marangoni advection. Entropy analysis provides insights into structural differences within and between patterns. This work optimizes substrate temperatures for reduced evaporation and detection times while preserving protein integrity, advancing diagnostic tool development, and improving understanding of droplet-based systems.
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- Vidisha Singh Rathaur
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP 208 016, India
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Zhang X, Chen H, Wang Z, Wang N, Zang D. Evaporation of Saline Droplets on a Superhydrophobic Substrate: Formation of Crystal Shell and "Legs". MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:5168. [PMID: 37512442 PMCID: PMC10386138 DOI: 10.3390/ma16145168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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We studied the evaporation-driven crystallization in the droplets of sodium acetate anhydrous (CH3COONa) aqueous solution, which were deposited on superhydrophobic substrates. The results reveal distinct crystallization behaviors between saturated and unsaturated droplets under identical experimental conditions. Specifically, unsaturated droplets could form a quasi-spherical crystal shell on the superhydrophobic substrate, while saturated droplets could develop crystal legs between the droplet and substrate when the crystal shell formed. Subsequently, the saturated droplet was lifted off the substrate by the growing crystal legs. The formation of crystal shell was closely associated with the evaporation from the droplet surface and the internal convection inside the droplet. The formation of crystal legs was induced by the heterogeneous nucleation effect caused by the substrate of SiO2 nanoparticles. These findings provide valuable insights into regulating the morphology of salt crystallization through adjustments in salt solution concentration and substrate surface structure.
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- Xiaoqiang Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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Schumacher O, Ates C, Börnhorst M, Koch R, Stephan P. Deposit formation from evaporating urea-water droplets on substrates of different wettability. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 634:1-13. [PMID: 36528966 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS During the evaporation of urea water solution (UWS), the wall temperature and surface properties influence the dynamics of deposit formation by affecting the internal mass transport. These effects are expected to be reflected in the resulting deposit morphology and allow different deposit regimes to be distinguished. EXPERIMENTS The temperature of metallic substrates is varied for three different surface treatments to analyze the wetting, evaporation behavior and the crystallization process of single UWS droplets in situ using a high-speed camera. The deposit morphology is captured by confocal microscopy and analyzed via the power spectral density method (PSD). PSD is used to extract the height of different surface features for each deposit, providing valuable information about the local crystallization history. FINDINGS A significant influence of the surface properties on the crystallization process as well as on the morphology of the final deposit is found. The influence of wettability is described by the resulting internal mass transport, which determine the urea distribution. PSD analysis quantified distinct trends in the scaling tendencies of the deposit aggregates under different wall conditions. The local crystal growth history extracted by PSD agrees well with proposed crystallization mechanisms, which is further supported by high-speed and SEM imaging.
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- Olaf Schumacher
- Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 10, Darmstadt 64287, Germany.
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery, Straße am Forum 6, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany
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- TU Dortmund University, Chair of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, Emil-Figge-Straße 66, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery, Straße am Forum 6, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany
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- Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 10, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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Xu Q, Tao L, She Y, Ye X, Wang M, Nie T. Effect of Laser Spot Diameter on Oxygen Bubble Behavior in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Takekawa S, Ohara M, Banno T, Asakura K. Factors to control the alignment of surface-treated titanium dioxide powders to maximize performance of sunscreens. Int J Cosmet Sci 2023; 45:38-49. [PMID: 36121393 DOI: 10.1111/ics.12816] [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: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Titanium dioxide powders are contained in a large class of colour cosmetics and sunscreen formulas. When they are used, the formation of a uniform functional powder layer on the skin is an important factor to show their functionality, such as aesthetic and UV protection. Attempts were made to extract the factors that affect the UV shielding ability of the deposited powder layer. METHODS Seven kinds of surface treatments were conducted on nano-sized titanium dioxide powder to modify the surface characteristics. Dispersion samples were prepared by mixing these powders with liquids, such as mixed solutions of cyclopentasiloxane, isododecane, coconuts alkane and dimethicone using a disperser and a bead mill. The dispersions were applied using an applicator on cellulose triacetate film, polycarbonate film and polymethyl pentene film. Laser microscope observation and micro-gloss glossmeter analysis were carried out to assess the flatness of the deposited powder layers, and the UV shielding ability was evaluated using SPF analyser. RESULTS Factors whose influences on the structure and UV shielding ability of the deposited powder layer being analysed were pseudo-HLB of the powders, liquids for preparing the dispersions and material of the substrates. Higher UV shielding ability was attained when powders having pseudo-HLB at around 6 were employed independent from the kinds of liquids and substrates. Flatness of the deposited layer was found to enhance the UV shielding ability of the UV-B region, while that of the UV-A region was scarcely influenced by the flatness. Employing lower surface tension liquids for preparing the dispersions and materials exhibiting lower polar components of surface free energy as substrates tended to enhance the UV shielding ability. CONCLUSION Surface treatments conducted on the powders in this study were found to change UV shielding ability, especially UV-B shielding ability, and the relation between pseudo-HLB and UV shielding ability was scarcely influenced by the kinds of liquids. Both surface tension of liquids and the polar component of surface free energy of substrates affected the UV shielding ability. It was suggested that pseudo-HLB calculated based on chemical structure becomes useful information to choose optimum surface treatment to make uniform powder alignment independent from the surrounding environment.
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- Shoji Takekawa
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Research and Development, Miyoshi America Inc., Dayville, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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Cedeno R, Grossier R, Tishkova V, Candoni N, Flood AE, Veesler S. Evaporation Dynamics of Sessile Saline Microdroplets in Oil. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:9686-9696. [PMID: 35901237 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The occurrence of concentration and temperature gradients in saline microdroplets evaporating directly in air makes them unsuitable for nucleation studies where homogeneous composition is required. This can be addressed by immersing the droplet in oil under regulated humidity and reducing the volume to the picoliter range. However, the evaporation dynamics of such a system is not well understood. In this work, we present evaporation models applicable for arrays of sessile microdroplets with dissolved solute submerged in a thin layer of oil. Our model accounts for the variable diffusion distance due to the presence of the oil film separating the droplet and air, the variation of the solution density and water activity due to the evolving solute concentration, and the diffusive interaction between neighboring droplets. Our model shows excellent agreement with experimental data for both pure water and NaCl solution. With this model, we demonstrate that assuming a constant evaporation rate and neglecting the diffusive interactions can lead to severe inaccuracies in the measurement of droplet concentration, particularly during nucleation experiments. Given the significance of droplet evaporation in a wide array of scientific and industrial applications, the models and insights presented herein would be of great value to many fields of interest.
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- Ruel Cedeno
- CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, CINaM (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille), Campus de Luminy, Case 913, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, CINaM (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille), Campus de Luminy, Case 913, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, CINaM (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille), Campus de Luminy, Case 913, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, CINaM (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille), Campus de Luminy, Case 913, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, CINaM (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanosciences de Marseille), Campus de Luminy, Case 913, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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Cunliffe AJ, Wang R, Redfern J, Verran J, Ian Wilson D. Effect of environmental factors on the kinetics of evaporation of droplets containing bacteria or viruses on different surfaces. J FOOD ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Chatterjee S, Murallidharan JS, Bhardwaj R. Size-Dependent Dried Colloidal Deposit and Particle Sorting via Saturated Alcohol Vapor-Mediated Sessile Droplet Spreading. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:6128-6147. [PMID: 35507639 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We experimentally and theoretically investigate a distinct problem of spreading, evaporation, and the associated dried deposits of a colloidal particle-laden aqueous sessile droplet on a surface in a saturated alcohol vapor environment. In particular, the effect of particle size on monodispersed suspensions and efficient self-sorting of bidispersed particles have been investigated. The alcohol vapor diffuses toward the droplet's curved liquid-vapor interface from the far field. The incoming vapor mass flux profile assumes a nonuniform pattern across the interface. The alcohol vapor molecules are adsorbed at the liquid-vapor interface, which eventually leads to absorption into the droplet's liquid phase due to the miscibility. This phenomenon triggers a liquid-vapor interfacial tension gradient and causes a reduction in the global surface tension of the droplet. This results in a solutal Marangoni flow recirculation and spontaneous droplet spreading. The interplay between these phenomena gives rise to a complex internal fluid flow within the droplet, resulting in a significantly modified and strongly particle-size-dependent dried colloidal deposit. While the smaller particles form a multiple ring pattern, larger particles form a single ring, and additional "patchwise" deposits emerge. High-speed visualization of the internal liquid-flow revealed that initially, a ring forms at the first location of the contact line. Concurrently, the Marangoni flow recirculation drives a collection of particles at the liquid-vapor interface to form clusters. Thereafter, as the droplet spreads, the smaller particles in the cluster exhibit a "jetlike" outward flow, forming multiple ring patterns. In contrast, the larger particles tend to coalesce together in the cluster, forming the "patchwise" deposits. The widely different response of the different-sized particles to the internal fluid flow enables an efficient sorting of the smaller particles at the contact line from bidispersed suspensions. We corroborate the measurements with theoretical and numerical models wherever possible.
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- Sanghamitro Chatterjee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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Rasheed A, Sharma S, Kabi P, Saha A, Chaudhuri S, Basu S. Precipitation dynamics of surrogate respiratory sessile droplets leading to possible fomites. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 600:1-13. [PMID: 34022720 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.04.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS The droplets ejected from an infected host during expiratory events can get deposited as fomites on everyday use surfaces. Recognizing that these fomites can be a secondary route for disease transmission, exploring the deposition pattern of such sessile respiratory droplets on daily-use substrates thus becomes crucial. EXPERIMENTS The used surrogate respiratory fluid is composed of a water-based salt-protein solution, and its precipitation dynamics is studied on four different substrates (glass, ceramic, steel, and PET). For tracking the final deposition of viruses in these droplets, 100 nm virus emulating particles (VEP) are used and their distribution in dried-out patterns is identified using fluorescence and SEM imaging techniques. FINDINGS The final precipitation pattern and VEP deposition strongly depend on the interfacial transport processes, edge evaporation, and crystallization dynamics. A constant contact radius mode of evaporation with a mixture of capillary and Marangoni flows results in spatio-temporally varying edge deposits. Dendritic and cruciform-shaped crystals are majorly seen in all substrates except on steel, where regular cubical crystals are formed. The VEP deposition is higher near the three-phase contact line and crystal surfaces. The results showed the role of interfacial processes in determining the initiation of fomite-type infection pathways in the context of COVID-19.
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- Abdur Rasheed
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, KA 560012, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, KA 560012, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, KA 560012, India
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T6, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, KA 560012, India; Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, KA 560012, India.
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The Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Evaporative Behaviour and Desiccation Patterns of Foetal Bovine Serum Drops. COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/colloids5040043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The drying of bio-fluid drops results in the formation of complex patterns, which are morphologically and topographically affected by environmental conditions including temperature. We examine the effect of substrate temperatures between 20 °C and 40 °C, on the evaporative dynamics and dried deposits of foetal bovine serum (FBS) drops. The deposits consist of four zones: a peripheral protein ring, a zone of protein structures, a protein gel, and a central crystalline zone. We investigate the link between the evaporative behaviour, final deposit volume, and cracking. Drops dried at higher substrate temperatures in the range of 20 °C to 35 °C produce deposits of lower final volume. We attribute this to a lower water content and a more brittle gel in the deposits formed at higher temperatures. However, the average deposit volume is higher for drops dried at 40 °C compared to drops dried at 35 °C, indicating protein denaturation. Focusing on the protein ring, we show that the ring volume decreases with increasing temperature from 20 °C to 35 °C, whereas the number of cracks increases due to faster water evaporation. Interestingly, for deposits of drops dried at 40 °C, the ring volume increases, but the number of cracks also increases, suggesting an interplay between water evaporation and increasing strain in the deposits due to protein denaturation.
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Huang Q, Wang W, Vikesland PJ. Implications of the Coffee-Ring Effect on Virus Infectivity. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:11260-11268. [PMID: 34525305 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The factors contributing to the survival of enveloped viruses (e.g., influenza and SARS-CoV-2) on fomite surfaces are of societal interest. The bacteriophage Phi6 is an enveloped viral surrogate commonly used to study viability. To investigate how viability changes during the evaporation of droplets on polypropylene, we conducted experiments using a fixed initial Phi6 concentration while systematically varying the culture concentration and composition (by amendment with 2% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 0.08 wt % BSA, or 0.5 wt % SDS). The results were consistent with the well-founded relative humidity (RH) effect on virus viability; however, the measured viability change was greater than that previously reported for droplets containing either inorganic salts or proteins alone, and the protein effects diverged in 1× Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM). We attribute this discrepancy to changes in virus distribution during droplet evaporation that arise due to the variable solute drying patterns (i.e., the "coffee-ring" effect) that are a function of the droplet biochemical composition. To test this hypothesis, we used surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) imaging and three types of gold nanoparticles (pH nanoprobe, positively charged (AuNPs(+)), and negatively charged (AuNPs(-))) as physical surrogates for Phi6 and determined that lower DMEM concentrations, as well as lower protein concentrations, suppressed the coffee-ring effect. This result was observed irrespective of particle surface charge. The trends in the coffee-ring effect correlate well with the measured changes in virus infectivity. The correlation suggests that conditions resulting in more concentrated coffee rings provide protective effects against inactivation when viruses and proteins aggregate.
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- Qishen Huang
- Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) Sustainable Nanotechnology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) Sustainable Nanotechnology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) Sustainable Nanotechnology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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Shao X, Hou Y, Zhong X. Modulation of evaporation-affected crystal motion in a drying droplet by saline and surfactant concentrations. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Katre P, Banerjee S, Balusamy S, Sahu KC. Fluid dynamics of respiratory droplets in the context of COVID-19: Airborne and surfaceborne transmissions. PHYSICS OF FLUIDS (WOODBURY, N.Y. : 1994) 2021; 33:081302. [PMID: 34471333 PMCID: PMC8404377 DOI: 10.1063/5.0063475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Several countries have experienced repeated periods of major spreading over the last two years. Many people have lost their lives, employment, and the socioeconomic situation has been severely impacted. Thus, it is considered to be one of the major health and economic disasters in modern history. Over the last two years, several researchers have contributed significantly to the study of droplet formation, transmission, and lifetime in the context of understanding the spread of such respiratory infections from a fluid dynamics perspective. The current review emphasizes the numerous ways in which fluid dynamics aids in the comprehension of these aspects. The biology of the virus, as well as other statistical studies to forecast the pandemic, is significant, but they are not included in this review.
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- Pallavi Katre
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India
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Takekawa S, Ohara M, Banno T, Asakura K. How to Control Powder Alignment to Maximize Functionality and Performance of Color Cosmetics and Sunscreen. J Oleo Sci 2021; 70:1081-1091. [PMID: 34248101 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess21091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Control of powder alignment is essential for maximizing the functionality of color cosmetics and sunscreens. Various surface treatments were applied to nanosized titanium dioxide to modify their surface characteristics. Such modifications can be used to control the behavior of dispersions in cosmetics, enabling them to align uniformly. The powders were mixed with solvents and applied to a cellulose triacetate film. The features of powder alignment on the film were evaluated using several approaches. When the type of surface treatment changed by varying the weight ratio, there was no significant correlation between its alignment and treatment. However, when we focused on the pseudo-HLB each treated pigment, their alignments were correlated. It was confirmed that the powders subjected to the appropriate surface treatment combinations from the pseudo-HLB standpoint made it possible to align uniformly and create a smooth coating film. As a result, it has a high UV-shielding ability. The surface-treated powders in this study were found to change the UV shielding ability and surface roughness of the layer formed when they were formed by spreading the sample powder dispersion and drying of the film. It was suggested that the pseudoHLB, which is calculated based on the chemical structure after the surface treatment process, is useful for choosing the optimum surface treatment to create a uniformly aligned pigment layer.
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- Shoji Takekawa
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
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- Research and Development, Miyoshi America, Inc
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
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Lifetime of sessile saliva droplets in the context of SARS-CoV-2. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER 2021. [PMCID: PMC7885686 DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Spreading of respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19, from contaminated surfaces is dependent on the drying time of the deposited droplets containing the virus. The evaporation rate depends on environmental conditions, such as ambient temperature and relative humidity and physical properties (e.g., droplet volume, contact angle and composition). The respiratory droplets contain salt (NaCl), protein (mucin), and surfactant (dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) in addition to water, which are expected to influence the evaporation in a big way. A diffusion-based theoretical model for estimating the drying time is developed which takes into account the dynamic contact angle of saliva droplets laden with salt and insoluble surfactants. The effect of the initial volume, contact angle, salinity, surfactant concentration, ambient temperature and relative humidity on the drying time of droplets is investigated.
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Evaporation of Sessile Droplets of Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant Mixtures on Silicon Wafers. COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/colloids5010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The wetting and evaporation behavior of droplets of aqueous solutions of mixtures of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) solution, PDADMAC, with two different anionic surfactants, sodium laureth sulfate, SLES, and sodium N-lauroyl N-methyl taurate, SLMT, were studied in terms of the changes of the contact angle θ and contact length L of sessile droplets of the mixtures on silicon wafers at a temperature of 25 °C and different relative humidities in the range of 30–90%. The advancing contact angle θa was found to depend on the surfactant concentration, independent of the relative humidity, with the mixtures containing SLES presenting improved wetting behaviors. Furthermore, a constant droplet contact angle was not observed during evaporation due to pinning of the droplet at the coffee-ring that was formed. The kinetics for the first evaporation stage of the mixture were independent of the relative humidity, with the evaporation behavior being well described in terms of the universal law for evaporation.
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Gimenez R, Gonzalez F, Soler-Illia GJAA, Berli CLA, Bellino MG. Nanopore-Mediated Spontaneous Dilution of Droplets: When Evaporation Turns to a Dilutor. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:1241-1247. [PMID: 33474933 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c10064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Droplet evaporation on surfaces is ubiquitous and affects areas as diverse as climate, microbiology, the chemical industry, and materials science. While solute concentration is the universally taken-for-granted behavior in drop evaporation, the present work shows that saline droplets evaporating on nanoporous thin-film surfaces can get diluted rather than concentrated. The driving mechanism of this phenomenon is attributed to the flow drawn from the drop through the nanopores by an annular peripheral evaporation. This fluid transport can continuously collect the salt solution from a concentrated region of the droplet, which is induced by radial microflows during drop evaporation. The coupling of these processes leads to the overall drop dilution effect. The influence of substrate temperature and drop volume was also investigated. This study opens up new perspectives on many natural phenomena and offers alternatives for physicochemical applications in small dimensions as well as for water desalination technologies.
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- Rocío Gimenez
- Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (CNEA-CONICET), Av. Gral. Paz 1499, 1650 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avda. Gral. Paz 1499, Villa Maipú, 1650 San Martín, Pcia. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Nanosistemas, UNSAM-CONICET, Av. 25 de Mayo 1021, 1650 San Martín, Argentina
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- INTEC (Universidad Nacional del Litoral-CONICET) Predio CCT CONICET Santa Fe, RN 168, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (CNEA-CONICET), Av. Gral. Paz 1499, 1650 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Lin K, Schulte CR, Marr LC. Survival of MS2 and Φ6 viruses in droplets as a function of relative humidity, pH, and salt, protein, and surfactant concentrations. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243505. [PMID: 33290421 PMCID: PMC7723248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The survival of viruses in droplets is known to depend on droplets' chemical composition, which may vary in respiratory fluid between individuals and over the course of disease. This relationship is also important for understanding the persistence of viruses in droplets generated from wastewater, freshwater, and seawater. We investigated the effects of salt (0, 1, and 35 g/L), protein (0, 100, and 1000 μg/mL), surfactant (0, 1, and 10 μg/mL), and droplet pH (4.0, 7.0, and 10.0) on the viability of viruses in 1-μL droplets pipetted onto polystyrene surfaces and exposed to 20%, 50%, and 80% relative humidity (RH) using a culture-based approach. Results showed that viability of MS2, a non-enveloped virus, was generally higher than that of Φ6, an enveloped virus, in droplets after 1 hour. The chemical composition of droplets greatly influenced virus viability. Specifically, the survival of MS2 was similar in droplets at different pH values, but the viability of Φ6 was significantly reduced in acidic and basic droplets compared to neutral ones. The presence of bovine serum albumin protected both MS2 and Φ6 from inactivation in droplets. The effects of sodium chloride and the surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate varied by virus type and RH. Meanwhile, RH affected the viability of viruses as shown previously: viability was lowest at intermediate to high RH. The results demonstrate that the viability of viruses is determined by the chemical composition of carrier droplets, especially pH and protein content, and environmental factors. These findings emphasize the importance of understanding the chemical composition of carrier droplets in order to predict the persistence of viruses contained in them.
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- Kaisen Lin
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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McBride SA, Skye R, Varanasi KK. Differences between Colloidal and Crystalline Evaporative Deposits. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:11732-11741. [PMID: 32937070 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Evaporative deposits from drops are widely studied due to their numerous applications in low-effort self-assembly, including for inkjet printing, microscale separations, and sensing/diagnostics. This phenomenon has been broadly explored for drops containing suspended colloidal particles but has been less quantified for drops with dissolved solutes. When a drop of solute/solvent mixture is evaporated on a substrate, nonvolatile solutes become supersaturated as the solvent evaporates, which then leads to crystal nucleation at the substrate-drop contact line. Emerging crystals alter the local wettability and fundamentally alter the dynamics of evaporation, which, in turn, influences the resultant evaporative deposit. Here we investigate the role of interactions between the substrate, crystals, and solution by comparing the evaporative deposition of three different salts as solutes against an evaporating colloidal solution. We show that nucleation effects can cause crystalline deposits to have a temperature relationship that is opposite to that of colloidal deposits and demonstrate how a balance between the contact-line pinning force and nucleation controls the deposit size.
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- Samantha A McBride
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Materials Science Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Chatterjee S, Kumar M, Murallidharan JS, Bhardwaj R. Evaporation of Initially Heated Sessile Droplets and the Resultant Dried Colloidal Deposits on Substrates Held at Ambient Temperature. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:8407-8421. [PMID: 32602342 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The present study experimentally and numerically investigates the evaporation and resultant patterns of dried deposits of aqueous colloidal sessile droplets when the droplets are initially elevated to a high temperature before being placed on a substrate held at ambient temperature. The system is then released for natural evaporation without applying any external perturbation. Infrared thermography and optical profilometry are used as essential tools for interfacial temperature measurements and quantification of coffee-ring dimensions, respectively. Initially, a significant temperature gradient exists along the liquid-gas interface as soon as the droplet is deposited on the substrate, which triggers a Marangoni stress-induced recirculation flow directed from the top of the droplet toward the contact line along the liquid-gas interface. Thus, the flow is in the reverse direction to that seen in the conventional substrate heating case. Interestingly, this temperature gradient decays rapidly within the first 10% of the total evaporation time and the droplet-substrate system reaches thermal equilibrium with ambient thereafter. Despite the fast decay of the temperature gradient, the coffee-ring dimensions significantly diminish, leading to an inner deposit. A reduction of 50-70% in the coffee-ring dimensions is recorded by elevating the initial droplet temperature from 25 to 75 °C for suspended particle concentration varying between 0.05 and 1.0% v/v. This suppression of the coffee-ring effect is attributed to the fact that the initial Marangoni stress-induced recirculation flow continues until the last stage of evaporation, even after the interfacial temperature gradient vanishes. This is essentially a consequence of liquid inertia. Finally, a finite-element-based two-dimensional modeling in axisymmetric geometry is found to capture the measurements with reasonable fidelity and the hypothesis considered in the present study corroborates well with a first approximation qualitative scaling analysis. Overall, together with a new experimental condition, the present investigation discloses a distinct nature of Marangoni stress-induced flow in a drying droplet and its role in influencing the associated colloidal deposits, which was not explored previously. The insights gained from this study are useful to advance technical applications such as spray cooling, inkjet printing, bioassays, etc.
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- Sanghamitro Chatterjee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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Efstratiou M, Christy J, Sefiane K. Crystallization-Driven Flows within Evaporating Aqueous Saline Droplets. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:4995-5002. [PMID: 32319295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Using micro-PIV (particle image velocimetry), we observe for the first time, the direct correlation between crystallization and hydrodynamics in evaporating microliter saline (1 M NaCl) sessile drops. The relationship is demonstrated by a remarkable jet of liquid along the base of the drops, induced by, and directed at the point of nucleation and subsequent crystal growth. Prior to nucleation, the flow is more uniformly outward with the magnitude of the velocity decreasing with time. From calculations and the flow measurements in the two observed stages of evaporation (prior to nucleation and during crystallization), this jet can be explained on the basis of competition between solutal Marangoni convection and mass conservation flow. The jet of fluid leads to vortices on either side of the crystal in which the salt concentration is reduced, providing a potential explanation as to why NaCl deposits as a sequence of discrete crystals rather than as a continuous ring for such drops.
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- Marina Efstratiou
- Institute of Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, U.K
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- Institute of Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, U.K
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- Institute of Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, U.K
- Tianjin Key Lab of Refrigeration Technology, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin City 300134, PR China
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Rostami P, Straub BB, Auernhammer GK. Gas-Phase Induced Marangoni Flow Causes Unstable Drop Merging. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:28-36. [PMID: 31825629 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The merging of drops plays a key role in many processes from simple rain to complex coating applications. In technical applications, often liquids with different surface tensions merge on a substrate like inkjet printing. For a suitable set of surface tensions, one drop can form a stable wetting film that is covering the other drop. Here, we explore the dynamics of driven wetting films and show a route toward their instability when these wetting films are driven by an external source of energy, which is Marangoni stress in our case. The wetting becomes unstable via a fingering instability and can be observed in various liquid combinations. The vapor of the liquid with the lower surface tension induces a Marangoni driven flow inside the other drop that pulls the wetting film. The concentration of the driving vapor can be controlled through the spreading velocity of the corresponding drop. We use this dependence to map out the characteristics of the instability. For very high or very low spreading velocities, no instability is observed. This is summarized in a stability diagram, which has three different regimes. A detailed analysis reveals a strong coupling of the characteristics of the fingering instability to the spreading velocity. The use of the spreading velocity as a control parameter is justified by a simplified 1D model that motivates how the spreading velocity controls the concentration profile of the second liquid vapor before and at contact. The strength of the Marangoni flow that drives the instability depends on the exposure time of the sitting drop to the vapor concentration profile around the spreading drop.
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- Peyman Rostami
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden , e. V. Hohe Straße 6 , 01069 Dresden , Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden , e. V. Hohe Straße 6 , 01069 Dresden , Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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Alves LVGL, Curylofo-Zotti FA, Borsatto MC, Salvador SLDS, Valério RA, Souza-Gabriel AE, Corona SAM. Influence of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in carious lesion. Randomized split-mouth clinical trial in primary molars. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2019; 26:124-130. [PMID: 30807834 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2019.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The literature presents many studies regarding photodynamic antimicrobial therapy (aPDT). However, the great variety of protocols to be used can directly influence its effectiveness in reducing microorganisms. The aim of this randomized split-mouth clinical study was to evaluate the effect of aPDT in the reduction of Streptococcus mutans and their effect on restorations performed. METHODS Twenty children between 6 and 8 years old with active caries and dentin cavitation, located on the occlusal surface of homologous primary molars were included. The selective removal of carious tissue was performed in both molars, than one was subsequently restored and the other received aPDT treatment on the affected dentin with low intensity laser (InGaAlP) associated to 0.005% methylene blue photosensitizer before restoration. Dentin collections were performed only in the tooth submitted to aPDT in three moments: before and after selective caries removal and after application of aPDT. The restorations were analyzed after polishing and after 6 months using United States Public Health Service (USPHS) method. Data were analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measures and Bonferroni post-hoc test with a significance level of 5%. RESULTS There was a significant reduction on the amount of microorganisms after selective caries removal (p = 0.04) and also after the application of aPDT (p = 0.01). The reduction of S. mutans CFU was of 76.4% after caries removal, but associated with aPDT was 92.6%. After 6 months of clinical evaluation, no difference between groups was found for retention, marginal adaptation, color, marginal discoloration, and secondary caries. CONCLUSIONS aPDT can be used as an additional treatment against cariogenic microorganisms after selective caries removal without compromising composite resin restorations.
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology and Bromatology of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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McBride SA, Dash S, Varanasi KK. Evaporative Crystallization in Drops on Superhydrophobic and Liquid-Impregnated Surfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:12350-12358. [PMID: 29609465 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- Samantha A. McBride
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Eickelmann S, Danglad-Flores J, Chen G, Miettinen MS, Riegler H. Meniscus Shape around Nanoparticles Embedded in Molecularly Thin Liquid Films. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:11364-11373. [PMID: 30156419 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Individual nanoparticles embedded in molecularly thin films at planar substrates and the resulting film surface distortion (meniscus) adjacent to the nanoparticles are investigated by conventional optical reflection microscopy. Even for nanoparticles much smaller than the Rayleigh diffraction limit, the meniscus creates such a pronounced optical footprint that the location of the nanoparticles can be identified. This is because the decay length (lateral extension) of the meniscus exceeds the size of the nanoparticle by orders of magnitude. Therefore, for the first time, the exact shape of the meniscus of the liquid adjacent to a nanosize object could be measured and analyzed. The meniscus has a zero curvature shape (cosine hyperbolic). The liquid in the meniscus is in pressure equilibrium with the far-field planar film. The decay length decreases with the decreasing nanoparticle size. However, it is independent of the far-field film thickness. Supposedly, the decay length is determined by van der Waals interactions although it is unknown what determines its (unexpectedly large) absolute value. The presented technical approach may be used to investigate biological systems (for instance, surface distortions in supported membranes caused by proteins or protein aggregates).
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- Technical University Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135 , 10623 Berlin , Germany
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Emergence of different crystal morphologies using the coffee ring effect. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12503. [PMID: 30131573 PMCID: PMC6104097 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30879-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Macroscopic patterns in nature formed during crystal growth e.g. snow crystals have a significant influence on many material properties, such as macroscopic heat conduction, electrical conduction, and mechanical properties, even with the same microscopic crystal structure. Although crystal morphology has been extensively studied in bulk, the formation of patterns induced by re-crystallization during evaporation is still unclear. Here, we find a way to obtain concentric circles, a dendritic pattern, and a lattice pattern by pinning the edge of droplets using the coffee ring effect; only aggregates of crystallites are seen in the absence of pinning. Our systematic study shows that the macroscopic patterns depend both on initial concentration and evaporation rate. In addition, our qualitative analysis suggests that the local concentration of solute at the center of the pattern is related to the macroscopic patterns.
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Dhar P. Thermofluidic Transport in Droplets under Electromagnetic Stimulus: A Comprehensive Review. J Indian Inst Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s41745-018-0088-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Danglad-Flores J, Eickelmann S, Riegler H. Deposition of polymer films by spin casting: A quantitative analysis. Chem Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sun B, Riegler H, Dai L, Eickelmann S, Li Y, Li G, Yang Y, Li Q, Fu M, Fei J, Li J. Directed Self-Assembly of Dipeptide Single Crystal in a Capillary. ACS NANO 2018; 12:1934-1939. [PMID: 29337528 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b08925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Controlled growth of one-dimensional nanostructures is playing a key role in creating types of materials for functional devices. Here, we report procedures for controlled assembly of the dipeptide diphenylalanine (FF) into aligned and ultralong single crystals in a capillary. With the evaporation of solvent, nucleation of the crystal occurred in the confined region, and the crystal grew continuously with a supply of molecules from the concentration gradient system inside the capillary. Based on the "Knudsen regime", an ultralong aligned individual FF single crystal possessing an active optical waveguide property at macroscopic length scale could be obtained. Moreover, capillary is also an effective microdevice to investigate the disassembly process of the FF single crystals. This strategy has potentials to broaden the range of applications of aligned organic nanomaterials.
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- Bingbing Sun
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam 14424, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam 14424, Germany
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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Kita Y, Okauchi Y, Fukatani Y, Orejon D, Kohno M, Takata Y, Sefiane K. Quantifying vapor transfer into evaporating ethanol drops in a humid atmosphere. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:19430-19440. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02521e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A simultaneous evaporation and water intake empirical model for evaporation of organic solvent ethanol drops.
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- Yutaku Kita
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER)
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Thermofluid Physics Laboratory
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER)
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Thermofluid Physics Laboratory
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER)
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
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- Institue of Multiscale Thermofluids
- School of Engineering
- The University of Edinburgh
- King's Buildings
- Edinburgh EH9 3JL
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Yang X, Baczyzmalski D, Cierpka C, Mutschke G, Eckert K. Marangoni convection at electrogenerated hydrogen bubbles. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:11542-11548. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01050a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Time-resolved PTV measurements around a hydrogen bubble growing at a Pt micro-electrode show Marangoni convection in the electrolyte.
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- Xuegeng Yang
- Institute of Fluid Dynamics
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- 01314 Dresden
- Germany
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- Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics
- Universität der Bundeswehr München
- 85577 Neubiberg
- Germany
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- Institute of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
- Technische Universität Ilmenau
- 98684 Ilmenau
- Germany
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- Institute of Fluid Dynamics
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- 01314 Dresden
- Germany
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- Institute of Fluid Dynamics
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- 01314 Dresden
- Germany
- Institute of Process Engineering
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Sun B, Li Q, Riegler H, Eickelmann S, Dai L, Yang Y, Perez-Garcia R, Jia Y, Chen G, Fei J, Holmberg K, Li J. Self-Assembly of Ultralong Aligned Dipeptide Single Crystals. ACS NANO 2017; 11:10489-10494. [PMID: 28945958 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Oriented arrangement of single crystals plays a key role in improving the performance of their functional devices. Herein we describe a method for the exceptionally fast fabrication (mm/min) of ultralong aligned dipeptide single crystals (several centimeters). It combines an induced nucleation step with a continuous withdrawal of substrate, leading to specific evaporation/composition conditions at a three-phase contact line, which makes the growth process controllable. These aligned dipeptide fibers possess a uniform cross section with active optical waveguiding properties that can be used as waveguiding materials. The approach provides guidance for the controlled arrangement of organic single crystals, a family of materials with considerable potential applications in large-scale functional devices.
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- Bingbing Sun
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam 14424, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam 14424, Germany
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam 14424, Germany
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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Singh V, Wu CJ, Sheng YJ, Tsao HK. Self-Propulsion and Shape Restoration of Aqueous Drops on Sulfobetaine Silane Surfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:6182-6191. [PMID: 28551998 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The motion of droplets on typical surfaces is generally halted by contact line pinning associated with contact angle hysteresis. In this study, it was shown that, on a zwitterionic sulfobetaine silane (SBSi)-coated surface, aqueous drops with appropriate solutes can demonstrate hysteresis-free behavior, whereas a pure water drop shows spontaneous spreading. By adding solutes such as polyethylene glycol, 2(2-butoxy ethoxy) ethanol, or sodium n-dodecyl sulfate, an aqueous drop with a small contact angle (disappearance of spontaneous spreading) was formed on SBSi surfaces. The initial drop shape was readily relaxed back to a circular shape (hysteresis-free behavior), even upon severe disturbances. Moreover, it was interesting to observe the self-propulsion of such a drop on horizontal SBSi surfaces in the absence of externally provided stimuli. The self-propelled drop tends to follow a random trajectory, and the continuous movement can last for at least 10 min. This self-propelled random motion can be attributed to the combined effects of the hysteresis-free surface and the Marangoni stress. The former comes from the total wetting property of the surface, while the latter originates from surface tension gradient due to fluctuating evaporation rates along the drop border.
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- Vickramjeet Singh
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University , Jhongli 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University , Jhongli 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University , Jhongli 320, Taiwan
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Karpitschka S, Liebig F, Riegler H. Marangoni Contraction of Evaporating Sessile Droplets of Binary Mixtures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4682-4687. [PMID: 28421771 PMCID: PMC5645759 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The Marangoni contraction of sessile drops of a binary mixture of a volatile and a nonvolatile liquid has been investigated experimentally and theoretically. The origin of the contraction is the locally inhomogeneous evaporation rate of sessile drops. This leads to surface tension gradients and thus to a Marangoni flow. Simulations show that the interplay of Marangoni flow, capillary flow, diffusive transport, and evaporative losses can establish a quasistationary drop profile with an apparent nonzero contact angle even if both liquid components individually wet the substrate completely. Experiments with different solvents, initial mass fractions, and gaseous environments reveal a previously unknown universal power-law relation between the apparent contact angle and the relative undersaturation of the ambient atmosphere: θapp ∼ (RHeq - RH)1/3. This experimentally observed power law is in quantitative agreement with simulation results. The exponent can also be inferred from a scaling analysis of the hydrodynamic-evaporative evolution equations of a binary mixture of liquids with different volatilities.
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- Stefan Karpitschka
- Physics
of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, Mesa+ Institute, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Institute
for Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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Sperling M, Gradzielski M. Droplets, Evaporation and a Superhydrophobic Surface: Simple Tools for Guiding Colloidal Particles into Complex Materials. Gels 2017; 3:E15. [PMID: 30920512 PMCID: PMC6318646 DOI: 10.3390/gels3020015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Revised: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The formation of complexly structured and shaped supraparticles can be achieved by evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) starting from colloidal dispersions deposited on a solid surface; often a superhydrophobic one. This versatile and interesting approach allows for generating rather complex particles with corresponding functionality in a simple and scalable fashion. The versatility is based on the aspect that basically one can employ an endless number of combinations of components in the colloidal starting solution. In addition, the structure and properties of the prepared supraparticles may be modified by appropriately controlling the evaporation process, e.g., by external parameters. In this review, we focus on controlling the shape and internal structure of such supraparticles, as well as imparted functionalities, which for instance could be catalytic, optical or electronic properties. The catalytic properties can also result in self-propelling (supra-)particles. Quite a number of experimental investigations have been performed in this field, which are compared in this review and systematically explained.
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- Marcel Sperling
- Stranski Laboratorium für Physikalische & Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, Sekr. TC7, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Stranski Laboratorium für Physikalische & Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, Sekr. TC7, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Ballah J, Chamerois M, Durand-Vidal S, Malikova N, Levitz P, Michot L. Effect of chemical and geometrical parameters influencing the wettability of smectite clay films. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zemb T, Kunz W. Weak aggregation: State of the art, expectations and open questions. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2016.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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