Outputs (153)

Electrocoalescence of liquid marbles driven by embedded electrodes for triggering bioreactions (2019)
Journal Article
Binks, B. P., Zhang, Y., Fu, X., Guo, W., Deng, Y., & Shum, H. C. (2019). Electrocoalescence of liquid marbles driven by embedded electrodes for triggering bioreactions. Lab on a chip, 19(20), 3526-3534. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9lc00722a

Liquid marbles need to be controlled precisely to benefit applications, for instance, as microreactors on digital microfluidic platforms for chemical and biological assays. In this work, a strategy is introduced to coalesce liquid marbles via electro... Read More about Electrocoalescence of liquid marbles driven by embedded electrodes for triggering bioreactions.

Biphasic biocatalysis using a CO2-switchable Pickering emulsion (2019)
Journal Article
Yu, S., Zhang, D., Jiang, J., Cui, Z., Xia, W., Binks, B. P., & Yang, H. (2019). Biphasic biocatalysis using a CO2-switchable Pickering emulsion. Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 21(15), 4062-4068. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8gc03879a

Biphasic biocatalyses such as the hydrolysis of olive oil and the esterification of octanol with oleic acid were performed in a CO2/N2-switchable Pickering oil-in-water emulsion stabilized by silica nanoparticles hydrophobized in situ by a CO2/N2-swi... Read More about Biphasic biocatalysis using a CO2-switchable Pickering emulsion.

Emulsions stabilized with polyelectrolyte complexes prepared from a mixture of a weak and a strong polyelectrolyte (2019)
Journal Article
Bago Rodriguez, A. M., Binks, B. P., & Sekine, T. (2019). Emulsions stabilized with polyelectrolyte complexes prepared from a mixture of a weak and a strong polyelectrolyte. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 35(20), 6693-6707. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00897

The possibility of stabilizing emulsions with polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC) obtained from the interaction of two non-surface-active oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (PEL) is described. Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and poly(4-styrene sulf... Read More about Emulsions stabilized with polyelectrolyte complexes prepared from a mixture of a weak and a strong polyelectrolyte.

Pickering emulsion-enhanced interfacial biocatalysis: tailored alginate microparticles act as particulate emulsifier and enzyme carrier (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, X., Wang, Y., Bai, R., Ma, H., Wang, W., Sun, H., Dong, Y., Qu, F., Tang, Q., Guo, T., Binks, B. P., & Meng, T. (2019). Pickering emulsion-enhanced interfacial biocatalysis: tailored alginate microparticles act as particulate emulsifier and enzyme carrier. Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 21(9), 2229-2233. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8gc03573c

A robust Pickering emulsion stabilized by lipase-immobilized alginate gel microparticles with a coating of silanized titania nanoparticles is developed for biphasic biocatalysis. The good recyclability and high stability of the proposed interfacial c... Read More about Pickering emulsion-enhanced interfacial biocatalysis: tailored alginate microparticles act as particulate emulsifier and enzyme carrier.

Adsorption and crystallization of particles at the air–water interface induced by minute amounts of surfactant (2018)
Journal Article
Anyfantakis, M., Vialetto, J., Best, A., Auernhammer, G. K., Butt, H. J., Binks, B. P., & Baigl, D. (2018). Adsorption and crystallization of particles at the air–water interface induced by minute amounts of surfactant. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 34(50), 15526-15536. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03233

Controlling the organization of particles at liquid-gas interfaces usually relies on multiphasic preparations and external applied forces. Here, we show that micromolar amounts of a conventional cationic surfactant induce, in a single step, both adso... Read More about Adsorption and crystallization of particles at the air–water interface induced by minute amounts of surfactant.

Quantifying surface properties of silica particles by combining Hansen Parameters and Reichardt's Dye indicator data (2018)
Journal Article
Stauch, C., Süß, S., Luxenhofer, R., Binks, B. P., Segets, D., & Mandel, K. (2018). Quantifying surface properties of silica particles by combining Hansen Parameters and Reichardt's Dye indicator data. Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 35(12), Article 1800328. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201800328

To obtain quantitative understanding of the effects of a chemisorbed organic modification on the surface of particles, the use of Reichardt's dye (RD) and Hansen solubility parameter (HSP) is discussed, whereby the S should be understood in terms of... Read More about Quantifying surface properties of silica particles by combining Hansen Parameters and Reichardt's Dye indicator data.

Shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops (2018)
Journal Article
Di, W., Zhang, Z., Li, L., Lin, K., Li, J., Li, X., Binks, B. P., Chen, X., & Zang, D. (2018). Shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops. Physical Review Fluids, 3, Article 103606. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.103606

In this study, we investigated the shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops upon increasing the sound intensity. Here, a levitated liquid drop evolves progressively from an oblate spheroidal shape to a flattened film to a... Read More about Shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops.

Controlled actuation of liquid marbles on a dielectric (2018)
Journal Article
Fu, X., Zhang, Y., Yuan, H., Binks, B. P., & Shum, H. C. (2018). Controlled actuation of liquid marbles on a dielectric. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(41), 34822-34827. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13111

Motivated by the great potential of droplet microreactors for chemical and biological applications, a general and robust method utilizing an electric field is developed for sustained, directional and two-dimensional manipulation of nonwetting droplet... Read More about Controlled actuation of liquid marbles on a dielectric.

Inducing drop to bubble transformation via resonance in ultrasound (2018)
Journal Article
Zang, D., Li, L., Di, W., Zhang, Z., Ding, C., Chen, Z., Shen, W., Binks, B. P., & Geng, X. (2018). Inducing drop to bubble transformation via resonance in ultrasound. Nature communications, 9(1), Article 3546. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05949-0

Bubble formation plays an important role in industries concerned with mineral flotation, food, cosmetics, and materials, which requires additional energy to produce the liquid–gas interfaces. A naturally observed fact is, owing to the effect of surfa... Read More about Inducing drop to bubble transformation via resonance in ultrasound.

Novel stabilisation of emulsions with polyelectrolyte complexes (2018)
Thesis
Bago Rodríguez, A. M. Novel stabilisation of emulsions with polyelectrolyte complexes. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221229

The concept of a novel stabiliser of oil-water emulsions has been put forward, being the polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) formed between oppositely charged water-soluble polymers in cases where either polymer alone is incapable of stabilising an emulsio... Read More about Novel stabilisation of emulsions with polyelectrolyte complexes.