Liquid marbles: review of recent progress in physical properties, formation techniques, and lab-in-a-marble applications in microreactors and biosensors

M Tenjimbayashi, T Mouterde, PK Roy, K Uto - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid marbles (LMs) are nonsticking droplets whose surfaces are covered with low-
wettability particles. Owing to their high mobility, shape reconfigurability, and widely …

Liquid marble-based digital microfluidics–fundamentals and applications

CH Ooi, R Vadivelu, J Jin, KR Sreejith, P Singha… - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid marbles are droplets with volume typically on the order of microliters coated with
hydrophobic powder. Their versatility, ease of use and low cost make liquid marbles an …

A simple route for open fluidic devices with particle walls

H Liu, X Pang, M Duan, Z Yang, TP Russell… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Open fluidics, allowing liquid in a flow channel to interact with the external environment, is a
revolutionary concept. However, fabricating a highly stable open fluidic device of arbitrary …

Open millifluidics based on powder-encased channels

X Li, X Pang, H Jiang, M Duan, H Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Millifluidics, the manipulation of liquid flow in millimeter-sized channels, has been a
revolutionary concept in chemical processing and engineering. The solid channels that …

Liquid letters

S Shi, X Liu, Y Li, X Wu, D Wang, J Forth… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Using the interfacial jamming of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) surfactants, a new concept,
termed all‐liquid molding, is introduced to produce all‐liquid objects that retain the shape …

Liquid marbles based on magnetic upconversion nanoparticles as magnetically and optically responsive miniature reactors for photocatalysis and photodynamic …

D Wang, L Zhu, JF Chen, L Dai - Angewandte Chemie, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic liquid marbles have recently attracted extensive attention for various potential
applications. However, conventional liquid marbles based on iron oxide nanoparticles are …

Oscillation-induced mixing advances the functionality of liquid marble microreactors

X Pang, M Duan, H Liu, Y Xi, H Shi… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Droplet-based microreactors often uncover fascinating phenomena and exhibit diverse
functionality, which make them applicable in various fields. Liquid marbles (LMs) are non …

Interfacial viscoelasticity and jamming of colloidal particles at fluid–fluid interfaces: a review

X Ji, X Wang, Y Zhang, D Zang - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Colloidal particles can be adsorbed at fluid–fluid interfaces, a phenomenon frequently
observed in particle-stabilized foams, Pickering emulsions, and bijels. Particles adsorbed at …

Liquid marble coalescence and triggered microreaction driven by acoustic levitation

Z Chen, D Zang, L Zhao, M Qu, X Li, X Li, L Li, X Geng - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Liquid marbles show promising potential for application in the microreactor field. Control of
the coalescence between two or among multiple liquid marbles is critical; however, the …

[PDF][PDF] Liquid marbles: fabrication, physical properties, and applications

X Luo, X Zhang, Y Feng - Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin, 2020 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
Liquid marbles (LMs) are liquid droplets coated with a layer of lyophobic particles at the air-
liquid interface. Since the pioneering work by Aussillous et al. in 2001, LMs have attracted …