Shaped composite liquid marbles

Edward Bormashenko, Revital Balter, Hadas Aharoni, Doron Aurbach

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

12 Scopus citations

Abstract

Shaped "cubic" non-stick droplets are reported. Shaped composite droplets were manufactured via a two-stage process. In the first stage, cubic foamed-polystyrene particles were hydrophilized with cold radiofrequency plasma. Then particles were wetted with water. In the second stage, they were coated with solid, colloidal particles such as lycopodium, Teflon or carbon black. Thus, "liquid marble"-like non-stick shaped droplets were obtained. The shaped "cubic" droplets remained stable when supported by a NaCl water solution. Shaped Janus droplets coated on one side with dielectric Teflon and with semiconductor carbon black on the other side, were prepared. Janus marbles were actuated with an electric field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)206-209
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume417
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2014

Keywords

  • Actuation with electrical field
  • Janus marbles
  • Liquid marbles
  • Plasma-treated foamed polystyrene
  • Shaped droplets

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Shaped composite liquid marbles'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this