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 …

Emerging trends in superhydrophobic surface based magnetic materials: fabrications and their potential applications

S Nagappan, CS Ha - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces have become an emerging field over the last few decades.
Recently, these surfaces have attracted considerable attention in a wide variety of …

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 …

A computational framework for fluid–structure interaction with applications on stability evaluation of breakwater under combined tsunami–earthquake activity

S Huang, C Liu - Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, an improved impervious solid boundary condition of the coupled method
called smooth particle hydrodynamics and discrete element method (SPH‐DEM) is …

Water entry without surface seal: extended cavity formation

MM Mansoor, JO Marston, IU Vakarelski… - Journal of Fluid …, 2014 - cambridge.org
We report results from an experimental study of cavity formation during the impact of
superhydrophobic spheres onto water. Using a simple splash-guard mechanism, we block …

The Leidenfrost temperature increase for impacting droplets on carbon-nanofiber surfaces

H Nair, HJJ Staat, T Tran, A van Houselt, A Prosperetti… - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplets impacting on a superheated surface can either exhibit a contact boiling regime, in
which they make direct contact with the surface and boil violently, or a film boiling regime, in …

Liquid marbles under electric fields: New capabilities for non-wetting droplet manipulation and beyond

Y Zhang, H Cui, BP Binks, HC Shum - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
The study of liquid marbles (LMs) composed of stabilizing liquid droplets with solid particles
in a gaseous environment has matured into an established area in surface and colloid …

Effect of particle hydrophobicity on the properties of liquid water marbles

D Zang, Z Chen, Y Zhang, K Lin, X Geng, BP Binks - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We study both the static properties and dynamic behavior of liquid water marbles coated
with silica nanoparticles of varied hydrophobicity. The static properties are characterized by …

Liquid marbles, floating droplets: preparations, properties, operations and applications

Y Sun, Y Zheng, C Liu, Y Zhang, S Wen, L Song… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid marbles (LMs) are non-wettable droplets formed with a coating of hydrophobic
particles. They can move easily across either solid or liquid surfaces since the hydrophobic …

Liquid Marbles and Drops on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Interfacial Aspects and Dynamics of Formation: A Review

A Sneha Ravi, S Dalvi - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Liquid marbles (LMs) are droplets encapsulated with powders presenting varied roughness
and wettability. These LMs have garnered a lot of attention due to their dual properties of …