Self-emulsification in chemical and pharmaceutical technologies

D Cholakova, Z Vinarov, S Tcholakova… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The interest in the low energy self-emulsification techniques has exploded in the recent
years, driven by three main trends: by the transition to “greener” technologies in both its …

Revolutionizing biosensing with superwettability: Designs, mechanisms, and applications

ZF Gao, H Zhu, Y Li, X Yang, X Ren, D Wu, H Ma… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Interfacial superwettability and biosensors are constantly evolving and being recognized as
ubiquitous components of interfacial science. Superwettability provides new insight from …

Uniform stain pattern of robust MOF-mediated probe for flexible paper-based colorimetric sensing toward environmental pesticide exposure

X Zhang, Z Wang, X Huang, Q Huang, Y Wen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Excessive residual pesticides have raised overall environmental damage and health hazard
issues, thus the development of facile and sensitive means for pesticide monitoring in …

Evaporation-driven supraparticle synthesis by self-lubricating colloidal dispersion microdrops

J Heo, J Lee, W Shim, H Kim, S Fujii, J Lim… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The surface-templated evaporation-driven (S-TED) method that uses liquid-repellent
surfaces has attracted considerable attention for its use in fabricating supraparticles of …

Mechanics of colloidal supraparticles under compression

J Wang, J Schwenger, A Ströbel, P Feldner, P Herre… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Colloidal supraparticles are finite, spherical assemblies of many primary particles. To take
advantage of their emergent functionalities, such supraparticles must retain their structural …

Recording temperature with magnetic supraparticles

J Reichstein, S Müssig, H Bauer… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐sized temperature indicator additives autonomously record temperature events via a
gradual irreversible signal change. This permits, for instance, the indication of possible cold …

Evaporation of a sessile colloidal water–glycerol droplet: Marangoni ring formation

L Thayyil Raju, C Diddens, Y Li, A Marin… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
The transport and aggregation of particles in suspensions is an important process in many
physicochemical and industrial processes. In this work, we study the transport of particles in …

Self-lubricating drops

H Tan, D Lohse, X Zhang - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in the study of multicomponent
drops. These drops exhibit unique phenomena, as the interplay between hydrodynamics …

Evaporation-driven liquid–liquid crystalline phase separation in droplets of anisotropic colloids

H Almohammadi, Y Fu, R Mezzenga - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Drying a colloidal droplet involves complex physics that is often accompanied by
evaporation-induced concentration gradients inside of the droplet, offering a platform for …

Launching a Drop via Interplay of Buoyancy and Stick‐Jump Dissolution

B Zeng, H Yang, BB Xu, D Lohse, X Zhang - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
According to Archimedes' principle, a submerged object with a density lower than that of
aqueous acid solution is more buoyant than a smaller one. In this work, a remarkable …