182 Soft Matter Electrokinetics: Particles, Drops, and Bubbles


Description:
Electric fields can be used to concentrate, pattern, and sort various sized colloidal particles for directed assembly of nanoparticles, or for droplet deformation. Electrokinetic phenomena such as electrophoresis, electroosmosis, dielectrophoresis, electrothermal flows, induced charge electrokinetics, and electrohydrodynamic, are at play during these processes leading to direct or indirect manipulation of particles, droplets, and bubbles. Fundamental and applied papers pertaining to the assembly or transport of particles, droplets and/or bubbles using electrokinetics or related physical phenomena are welcome. Papers that include microfluidics and colloidal crystallization are very desirable. In the submission clearly state the problem, motivation, and results.

Sponsor:
2017 Annual Meeting of the AES Electrophoresis Society


Chair:
Stuart J. Williams
Assistant Professor
University of Louisville
Mechanical Engineering
200 Sackett Hall
Louisville, KY
40292
Email: stuart.williams@louisville.edu

Co-Chair:
Christopher L. Wirth
Assistant Professor
Cleveland State University
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland, OH
Phone Number: 2166879225
Email: c.wirth@csuohio.edu


Papers:
Understanding the Role of Electrokinetics-Hydrodynamics in Electrical-Field Based Soil Remediation
Oluwatosin Owoseni, Tennessee Technological University; Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Yung-Way Liu, Tennessee Technological University
Electrohydrodynamics of a Viscous Drop
Yuan-Nan Young, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Herve Nganguia, Santa Clara University; On Shun Pak, Santa Clara University
Electro-Hydrodynamic Behavior of Soft Liquid Metal Plugs Under Low Voltages
Ishan D. Joshipura, North Carolina State University; Yash Patil, North Carolina State University; Michael D. Dickey, North Carolina State University
A Model for Electrokinetic Flow with Deformable Interfaces
Michael Booty, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rui Cao, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Manman Ma, Tongji University; Michael Siegel, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Monodispersed Droplet Generation Using AC Electric Field
Zehao Pan, University of Notre Dame; Yongfan Men, University of Notre Dame; Satyajyoti Senapati, University of Notre Dame; Hsueh-Chia Chang, University of Notre Dame
Crater Formation on Electrodes during Charge Transfer with Aqueous Droplets or Solid Particles
Eric S. Elton, University of California Davis; Ethan R. Rosenberg, University of California Davis; William D. Ristenpart, University of California Davis
The Electric Field in Water between Parallel Electrodes: A Sinusoidal Applied Potential Can Yield a Non-Zero, Long-Range Steady Field
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Hashemi Amrei, University of California Davis; William D. Ristenpart, University of California Davis; Greg Miller, University of California Davis
Moving Past Simple Shapes: Engineered Active Particle Spinners and Motors Powered By AC Electric Fields
C. Wyatt Shields IV, Duke University; Koohee Han, North Carolina State University; Fuduo Ma, North Carolina State University; Orlin D. Velev, North Carolina State University
Abstract Submissions Closed