scholarly journals Effect of Surface and Interfacial Tension on the Resonance Frequency of Microfluidic Channel Cantilever

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 6459
Author(s):  
Rosmi Abraham ◽  
Faheem Khan ◽  
Syed A. Bukhari ◽  
Qingxia Liu ◽  
Thomas Thundat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Resonance Frequency ◽  
Laser Doppler Vibrometer ◽  
Microfluidic Channel ◽  
Interface Tension ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Surface And Interface ◽  
Interface Layers ◽  
Extra Stress ◽  
Effect Of Surface

The bending resonance of micro-sized resonators has been utilized to study adsorption of analyte molecules in complex fluids of picogram quantity. Traditionally, the analysis to characterize the resonance frequency has focused solely on the mass change, whereas the effect of interfacial tension of the fluid has been largely neglected. By observing forced vibrations of a microfluidic cantilever filled with a series of alkanes using a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV), we studied the effect of surface and interfacial tension on the resonance frequency. Here, we incorporated the Young–Laplace equation into the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory to consider extra stress that surface and interface tension exerts on the vibration of the cantilever. Based on the hypothesis that the near-surface region of a continuum is subject to the extra stress, thin surface and interface layers are introduced to our model. The thin layer is subject to an axial force exerted by the extra stress, which in turn affects the transverse vibration of the cantilever. We tested the analytical model by varying the interfacial tension between the silicon nitride microchannel cantilever and the filled alkanes, whose interfacial tension varies with chain length. Compared with the conventional Euler–Bernoulli model, our enhanced model provides a better agreement to the experimental results, shedding light on precision measurements using micro-sized cantilever resonators.

Nucleation and initial growth of Pd2Si crystals on Si(111)

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 844-845
Author(s):  
Xianghong Tong ◽  
Oliver Pohland ◽  
J. Murray Gibson
Keyword(s):  
High Vacuum ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Ultra High Vacuum ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Surface And Interface ◽  
Dark Field Imaging ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Effect Of Surface

The nucleation and initial stage of Pd2Si crystals on Si(111) surface is studied in situ using an Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). A modified JEOL 200CX TEM is used for the study. The Si(111) sample is prepared by chemical thinning and is cleaned inside the UHV chamber with base pressure of 1x10−9 τ. A Pd film of 20 Å thick is deposited on to the Si(111) sample in situ using a built-in mini evaporator. This room temperature deposited Pd film is thermally annealed subsequently to form Pd2Si crystals. Surface sensitive dark field imaging is used for the study to reveal the effect of surface and interface steps.The initial growth of the Pd2Si has three stages: nucleation, growth of the nuclei and coalescence of the nuclei. Our experiments shows that the nucleation of the Pd2Si crystal occurs randomly and almost instantaneously on the terraces upon thermal annealing or electron irradiation.

scholarly journals Lamb-type waves generated by a cylindrical bubble oscillating between two planar elastic walls

2016 ◽  
Vol 472 (2188) ◽  
pp. 20160031 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Doinikov ◽  
F. Mekki-Berrada ◽  
P. Thibault ◽  
P. Marmottant
Keyword(s):  
Resonance Frequency ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Wave Speed ◽  
Microfluidic Channel ◽  
Scattered Wave ◽  
Channel Height ◽  
Volume Oscillation ◽  
Scholte Wave ◽  
Rigid Walls ◽  
Elastic Walls

The volume oscillation of a cylindrical bubble in a microfluidic channel with planar elastic walls is studied. Analytical solutions are found for the bulk scattered wave propagating in the fluid gap and the surface waves of Lamb-type propagating at the fluid–solid interfaces. This type of surface wave has not yet been described theoretically. A dispersion equation for the Lamb-type waves is derived, which allows one to evaluate the wave speed for different values of the channel height h . It is shown that for h <λ t , where λ t is the wavelength of the transverse wave in the walls, the speed of the Lamb-type waves decreases with decreasing h , while for h on the order of or greater than λ t , their speed tends to the Scholte wave speed. The solutions for the wave fields in the elastic walls and in the fluid are derived using the Hankel transforms. Numerical simulations are carried out to study the effect of the surface waves on the dynamics of a bubble confined between two elastic walls. It is shown that its resonance frequency can be up to 50% higher than the resonance frequency of a similar bubble confined between two rigid walls.

scholarly journals The Importance of Microemulsion for the Surfactant Injection Process in Enhanced Oil Recovery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rini Setiati ◽  
Muhammad Taufiq Fathaddin ◽  
Aqlyna Fatahanissa
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Type I ◽  
Middle Phase ◽  
Interface Tension ◽  
Lower Phase ◽  
Injection Process

Microemulsion is the main parameter that determines the performance of a surfactant injection system. According to Myers, there are four main mechanisms in the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) surfactant injection process, namely interface tension between oil and surfactant, emulsification, decreased interfacial tension and wettability. In the EOR process, the three-phase regions can be classified as type I, upper-phase emulsion, type II, lower-phase emulsion and type III, middle-phase microemulsion. In the middle-phase emulsion, some of the surfactant grains blend with part of the oil phase so that the interfacial tension in the area is reduced. The decrease in interface tension results in the oil being more mobile to produce. Thus, microemulsion is an important parameter in the enhanced oil recovery process.

scholarly journals Surface and interfacial tensions of aqueous dispersions of charged colloidal (clay) particles

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1915-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurier L. Schramm ◽  
Loren G. Hepler
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Surface Tensions ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Aqueous Dispersions ◽  
Clay Particles ◽  
Interfacial Tensions ◽  
Aqueous Suspensions ◽  
Colloidal Clay ◽  
Effect Of Surface

We have measured (du Nouy ring and maximum bubble pressure methods) suspension–air surface tensions of aqueous suspensions of montmorillonite and have observed that these surface tensions are larger than those of pure water at the same temperatures. Further measurements have shown that dispersed montmorillonite also increases the suspension–toluene interfacial tension compared with that of pure water–toluene. Similar measurements on aqueous suspensions of kaolinite have yielded suspension–air interfacial tensions with uncertainties as large as the observed (small) effect, and also shown that the suspension–toluene interfacial tension is decreased (opposite to the effect of montmorillonite) by amounts larger than the experimental uncertainties. Measurements of maximum bubble pressures at different flow rates have provided information about the effect of surface age on observed surface tensions.

scholarly journals Mechanism of biosurfactant adsorption to oil/water interfaces from millisecond scale tensiometry measurements

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 20170013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingling Kong ◽  
Kadi Liis Saar ◽  
Raphael Jacquat ◽  
Liu Hong ◽  
Aviad Levin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Microfluidic Channel ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Droplet Microfluidics ◽  
Kinetic Measurements ◽  
Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate ◽  
Cyclic Lipopeptide ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
Adsorption Processes ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Many biological molecules are by their nature amphiphilic and have the ability to act as surfactants, stabilizing interfaces between aqueous and immiscible oil phases. In this paper, we explore the adsorption kinetics of surfactin, a naturally occurring cyclic lipopeptide, at hexadecane/water interfaces and compare and contrast its adsorption behaviour with that of synthetic alkyl benzene sulfonate isomers, through direct measurements of changes in interfacial tension upon surfactant adsorption. We access millisecond time resolution in kinetic measurements by making use of droplet microfluidics to probe the interfacial tension of hexadecane droplets dispersed in a continuous water phase through monitoring their deformation when the droplets are exposed to shear flows in a microfluidic channel with regular corrugations. Our results reveal that surfactin rapidly adsorbs to the interface, thus the interfacial tension equilibrates within 300 ms, while the synthetic surfactants used undergo adsorption processes at an approximately one order of magnitude longer timescale. The approach presented may provide opportunities for understanding and modulating the adsorption mechanism of amphiphiles on a variety of interfaces in the context of life sciences and industrial applications.

scholarly journals On wave motion in a two-layered liquid of infinite depth in the presence of surface and interfacial tension

1994 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Rhodes-Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Small Time ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
Wave Source ◽  
Infinite Depth ◽  
Surface And Interface ◽  
All Solutions ◽  
Progressive Waves

AbstractIn this paper various two-dimensional motions are determined for waves in a stratified region of infinite total depth with a free surface containing two superposed liquids, allowing for the effects of surface and interfacial tension. The fundamental set of wave-source potentials for the two layers is used to construct the set of slope potentials that produce discontinuous free-surface and interface slopes. The latter potentials are then utilized to obtain the potentials for waves due to both heaving vertical plates and incident progressive waves against a vertical wall. The underlying assumption of small time-harmonic motion pertains, described by a pair of velocity potentials for the two layers satisfying coupled linearized boundary-value problems, and all solutions are obtained in terms of their matching basic solutions. The technique for applying Green's theorem in the two layers is developed for use with the wave-source potentials, which themselves are found to obey a generalised reciprocity principle. Familiar results for a single liquid of infinite depth are hereby extended, but the new feature emerges of there being two types of progressive waves in all solutions. For ease of presentation the solutions are obtained for a particular relationship between surface and interfacial tension.

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