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dc.contributor.authorJin, Jing
dc.contributor.authorOoi, Chin Hong
dc.contributor.authorDao, Dzung Viet
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Nam-Trung
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-19T01:13:19Z
dc.date.available2018-04-19T01:13:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn2072-666X
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/mi8110336
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/373401
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom336-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto336-25
dc.relation.ispartofissue11
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMicromachines
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNanotechnology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNanotechnology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4018
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode401899
dc.titleCoalescence Processes of Droplets and Liquid Marbles
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.description.versionVersion of Record (VoR)
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, School of Engineering and Built Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorDao, Dzung V.
gro.griffith.authorNguyen, Nam-Trung
gro.griffith.authorOoi, Chin Hong


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