Abstract
A designed assembly of particles at liquid interfaces offers many advantages for development of materials, and can be performed by various means. Electric fields provide a flexible method for structuring particles on drops, utilizing electrohydrodynamic circulation flows, and dielectrophoretic and electrophoretic interactions. In addition to the properties of the applied electric field, the manipulation of particles often depends on the intrinsic properties of the particles to be assembled. Here, we present an easy approach for producing polystyrene microparticles with different electrical properties. These particles are used for investigations into electric field-guided particle assembly in the bulk and on surfaces of oil droplets. By sulfonating polystyrene particles, we produce a set of particles with a range of dielectric constants and electrical conductivities, related to the sulfonation reaction time. The paper presents diverse particle behavior driven by electric fields, including particle assembly at different droplet locations, particle chaining, and the formation of ribbon-like structures with anisotropic properties.
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- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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Materials
no. 10,
pages 1 - 17,
ISSN: 1996-1944 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Bibliographic description:
- Mikkelsen A., Wojciechowski J., Rajnak M., Kurimský J., Khobaib K., Kertmen A., Rozynek Z.: Electric Field-Driven Assembly of Sulfonated Polystyrene Microspheres// Materials. -Vol. 10, iss. 4 (2017), s.1-17
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/ma10040329
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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