Self-Propelled Motion of Monodisperse Underwater Oil Droplets Formed by a Microfluidic Device.
Langmuir
; 33(22): 5393-5397, 2017 06 06.
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ABSTRACT
We evaluated the speed profile of self-propelled underwater oil droplets comprising a hydrophobic aldehyde derivative in terms of their diameter and the surrounding surfactant concentration using a microfluidic device. We found that the speed of the oil droplets is dependent on not only the surfactant concentration but also the droplet size in a certain range of the surfactant concentration. This tendency is interpreted in terms of combination of the oil and surfactant affording spontaneous emulsification in addition to the Marangoni effect.
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