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- Title
Coalescence Processes of Droplets and Liquid Marbles.
- Authors
Jing Jin; Chin Hong Ooi; Dzung Viet Dao; Nam-Trung Nguyen
- Abstract
The coalescence process of droplets and, more recently, of liquid marbles, has become one of the most essential manipulation schemes in digital microfluidics. This process is indispensable for realising microfluidic functions such as mixing and reactions at microscale. This paper reviews previous studies on droplet coalescence, paying particular attention to the coalescence of liquid marbles. Four coalescence systems have been reviewed, namely, the coalescence of two droplets freely suspended in a fluid; the coalescence of two sessile droplets on a solid substrate; the coalescence of a falling droplet and a sessile droplet on a solid substrate; and liquid marble coalescence. The review is presented according to the dynamic behaviors, physical mechanisms and experimental parameters of the coalescence process. It also provides a systematic overview of how the coalescence process of droplets and liquid marbles could be induced and manipulated using external energy. In addition, the practical applications of liquid marble coalescence as a novel microreactor are highlighted. Finally, future perspectives on the investigation of the coalescence process of liquid marbles are proposed. This review aims to facilitate better understanding of the coalescence of droplets and of liquid marbles as well as to shed new insight on future studies.
- Subjects
COALESCENCE (Chemistry); ELECTRON-hole droplets
- Publication
Micromachines, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 11, p336
- ISSN
2072-666X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/mi8110336