Electrostatically excited liquid marble as a micromixer
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Singha, Pradip
An, Hongjie
Phan, Hoang-Phuong
Nguyen, Nam-Trung
Ooi, Chin Hong
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Liquid marble is a promising microfluidic platform for microreactor applications. However, the lack of contactless and on-demand mixing strategies significantly hinders its potential. This paper reports the use of electrostatic force as an actuation scheme to induce vibration and deformation in a liquid marble, thus enhancing the internal flow and promoting mixing in this platform. The effect of a uniform AC electric field on liquid marbles with different volumes was investigated. The results show significant improvement in mixing performance when the liquid marbles were actuated. Increasing electric field strengths also substantially enhances the mixing process. These results show the potential of using a liquid marble as a high-performance micromixer by exploiting the mechanisms of vibration and deformation.
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Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
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6
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8
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© 2022 Royal Society of Chemistry. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Chemical engineering
Macromolecular and materials chemistry
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
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Nguyen, N-K; Singha, P; An, H; Phan, H-P; Nguyen, N-T; Ooi, CH, Electrostatically excited liquid marble as a micromixer, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 6 (8), pp. 1386-1394