Liquid marbles: topical context within soft matter and recent progress

G McHale, MI Newton - Soft matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The study of particle stabilized interfaces has a long history in terms of emulsions, foams and
related dry powders. The same underlying interfacial energy principles also allow …

Liquid marble-based digital microfluidics–fundamentals and applications

CH Ooi, R Vadivelu, J **, 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 …

pH-responsive Pickering emulsions stabilized by silica nanoparticles in combination with a conventional zwitterionic surfactant

K Liu, J Jiang, Z Cui, BP Binks - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
pH-responsive oil-in-water Pickering emulsions were prepared simply by using negatively
charged silica nanoparticles in combination with a trace amount of a zwitterionic carboxyl …

Stimuli‐responsive liquid marbles: controlling structure, shape, stability, and motion

S Fujii, S Yusa, Y Nakamura - Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
“Liquid marbles” are liquid‐in‐gas dispersed systems stabilized by hydrophobic solid
particles adsorbed at the gas‐liquid interface. The structure, stability and movement of these …

Liquid marbles, elastic nonstick droplets: from minireactors to self-propulsion

E Bormashenko - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Liquid marbles are nonstick droplets wrapped by micro-or nanometrically scaled colloidal
particles, representing a platform for a variety of chemical, biological, and microfluidics …

Cascading responses of stimuli-responsive materials

Y Oaki, S Fujii - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Responsiveness to stimuli is important in daily life: natural biological activity is governed by
continuous stimulus responsiveness. The design of stimuli-responsive materials is required …

Switchable Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Silica Nanoparticles Hydrophobized in Situ with a Conventional Cationic Surfactant

Y Zhu, J Jiang, K Liu, Z Cui, BP Binks - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
A stable oil-in-water Pickering emulsion stabilized by negatively charged silica
nanoparticles hydrophobized in situ with a trace amount of a conventional cationic surfactant …

Photo/Thermo dual stimulus-responsive liquid marbles stabilized with polypyrrole-coated stearic acid particles

Y Tsumura, K Oyama, AL Fameau… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, we report on the fabrication of photo/thermo dual stimulus-responsive liquid
marbles (LMs) that can be disrupted by light irradiation and/or heating. To stabilize the LMs …

Oscillation-induced mixing advances the functionality of liquid marble microreactors

X Pang, M Duan, H Liu, Y **, 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 …

Manipulation of liquid marbles

CH Ooi, NT Nguyen - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2015 - Springer
A liquid marble is a liquid droplet coated with hydrophobic powder which enables the
marble to be manipulated like a soft solid. Recently, liquid marbles have been used in …