Advances in controlled release of microcapsules and promising applications in self-healing of asphalt materials

T Lu, B Li, D Sun, M Hu, J Ma, G Sun - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Asphalt aging and fatigue cracking are common forms of distresses in flexible pavements.
Microencapsulated rejuvenator has been generating significant interest in the feasibility and …

Electro-hydrodynamics of emulsion droplets: Physical insights to applications

MS Abbasi, R Song, S Cho, J Lee - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The field of droplet electrohydrodynamics (EHD) emerged with a seminal work of GI Taylor
in 1966, who presented the so-called leaky dielectric model (LDM) to predict the droplet …

Double emulsion generation in shear-thinning fluids under electric field effects

A Khoshnevis, A Ahmadpour, E Amani - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Double emulsions are encapsulated microstructures with medical, food, and cosmetics
applications. Precise control over their parameters, such as volume, thickness, and size …

Self-healing properties of asphalt concrete containing responsive calcium alginate/nano-Fe3O4 composite capsules via microwave irradiation

P Wan, S Wu, Q Liu, H Xu, H Wang, Z Peng… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The responsive calcium alginate/nano-Fe 3 O 4 (CA@ Fe 3 O 4) capsules can actively
release the inner rejuvenator via the stimulation of microwave, thus being a prospective …

Eccentricity-induced dielectrophoretic migration of a compound drop in a uniform external electric field

N Behera, A Poddar, S Chakraborty - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Eccentric compound drops, which are ubiquitous in many naturally inspired and engineering
systems, can migrate under the sole presence of a uniform electric field, unlike the case of …

Compound‐droplet‐pairs‐filled hydrogel microfiber for electric‐field‐induced selective release

X Deng, Y Ren, L Hou, W Liu, T Jiang, H Jiang - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The separate co‐encapsulation and selective controlled release of multiple encapsulants in
a predetermined sequence has potentially important applications for drug delivery and …

Fabrication of 3D printed modular microfluidic system for generating and manipulating complex emulsion droplets

R Song, MS Abbasi, J Lee - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2019 - Springer
We designed a modular microfluidic system for generating droplets using a three-
dimensional (3D) printer. This system was manufactured as a modular system with …

Generation, migration, and coalescence of droplets: A state-of-the-art review from the perspectives of wettability, inertia, and electric field

MP Boruah, PR Randive, S Pati - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Generation, migration, and coalescence of droplets are some of the fundamental
phenomena observed in multiphase microfluidic devices that offer widespread application in …

Numerical characterization of transient electrohydrodynamic deformation and coalescence of single-core double emulsion droplets by AC field dielectrophoresis

W Liu, Y Tao, Y Li, Z Ge, Q Wu, Y Ren - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering its good biocompatibility, the water-in-oil-in-water type compound double
emulsion (DE) droplet serves as an ideal microreaction vessel upon their on-demand electro …

Electrohydrodynamic deformation of a compound droplet in an alternating current and direct current superposed electric field

B Mohanty, A Bandopadhyay - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this study of a compound droplet subjected to alternating current (AC) and direct current
(DC) superposed (AC/DC) electric fields, both core and shell deformations oscillate, albeit …