Drying of bio-colloidal sessile droplets: Advances, applications, and perspectives

A Pal, A Gope, A Sengupta - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Drying of biologically-relevant sessile droplets, including passive systems such as DNA,
proteins, plasma, and blood, as well as active microbial systems comprising bacterial and …

The role of mucosal barriers in disease progression and transmission

NA Bustos, K Ribbeck, CE Wagner - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Mucus is a biological hydrogel that coats and protects all non-keratinized wet epithelial
surfaces. Mucins, the primary structural components of mucus, are critical components of the …

Implications of the coffee-ring effect on virus infectivity

Q Huang, W Wang, PJ Vikesland - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The factors contributing to the survival of enveloped viruses (eg, influenza and SARS-CoV-
2) on fomite surfaces are of societal interest. The bacteriophage Phi6 is an enveloped viral …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of homemade face masks against human coughs: Insights on penetration, atomization, and aerosolization of cough droplets

B Krishan, D Gupta, G Vadlamudi, S Sharma… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Ever since the emergence of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the usage of makeshift
facemasks is generally advised by policymakers as a possible substitute for commercially …

Multiscale vapor-mediated dendritic pattern formation and bacterial aggregation in complex respiratory biofluid droplets

O Hegde, R Chatterjee, A Rasheed… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Deposits of biofluid droplets on surfaces (such as respiratory droplets formed
during an expiratory) are composed of water-based salt-protein solution that may also …

Penetration and aerosolization of cough droplet spray through face masks: A unique pathway of transmission of infection

G Vadlamudi, SK Thirumalaikumaran… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the use of face masks, making
them an integral part of the daily routine. Face masks occlude the infectious droplets during …

Linear stability of thermocapillary flow in a droplet attached to a hot or cold substrate

L Babor, HC Kuhlmann - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
The symmetry-breaking instability of the steady axisymmetric thermocapillary flow in a
nonvolatile sessile droplet on a hot or cold substrate under zero gravity conditions is …

Evaporation dynamics of a surrogate respiratory droplet in a vortical environment

S Sharma, S Jain, A Saha, S Basu - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Vortex droplet interaction is crucial for understanding the route of disease
transmission through expiratory jet where several such embedded droplets continuously …

Effect of relative humidity on transfer of aerosol-deposited artificial and human saliva from surfaces to artificial finger-pads

MD Walker, JC Vincent, L Benson, CA Stone, G Harris… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Surface to hand transfer of viruses represents a potential mechanism for human exposure.
An experimental process for evaluating the touch transfer of aerosol-deposited material is …

Environmental dissemination of respiratory viruses: dynamic interdependencies of respiratory droplets, aerosols, aerial particulates, environmental surfaces, and …

MK Ijaz, SA Sattar, RW Nims, SA Boone, J McKinney… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
During the recent pandemic of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), influential public health agencies
such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and …