A comprehensive understanding on droplets

IF 19.3 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI:10.1016/j.cis.2025.103490

Gang Chen, Guanhua Lin

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Abstract

Droplets are ubiquitous and necessary in natural phenomena, daily life, and industrial processes, which play a crucial role in many fields. So, the manipulation of droplets has been extensively investigated for meeting widespread applications, consequently, a great deal of progresses have been achieved across multiple disciplines ranging from chemistry to physics, material, biological, and energy science. For example, microdroplets have been utilized as reactors, colorimetric or electrochemical sensors, drug-delivery carriers, and energy harvesters. Moreover, droplet manipulation is the basis in both fundamental researches and practical applications, especially the combination of smart materials and external fields for achieving multifunctional applications of droplets. In view of this background, this review initiates discussion of the manipulation strategies of droplets including Laplace pressure, wettability gradients, electric field, magnetic force, light and temperature. Thereafter, based on their manipulation strategies, this review mainly summarizes the applications of droplets in the fields of robot, green energy, sensors, biomedical treatments, microreactors and chemical reactions. Application related basic concepts, theories, principles and progresses also have been introduced. Finally, this review addresses the challenges of manipulation and applications of droplets and provides the potential directions for their future development. By presenting these results, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of water droplets and establish a unified framework that guides the development of droplets in various fields.

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Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 化学-物理化学

CiteScore

28.50

自引率

2.60%

发文量

175

审稿时长

31 days

期刊介绍： "Advances in Colloid and Interface Science" is an international journal that focuses on experimental and theoretical developments in interfacial and colloidal phenomena. The journal covers a wide range of disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, and technology. The journal accepts review articles on any topic within the scope of colloid and interface science. These articles should provide an in-depth analysis of the subject matter, offering a critical review of the current state of the field. The author's informed opinion on the topic should also be included. The manuscript should compare and contrast ideas found in the reviewed literature and address the limitations of these ideas. Typically, the articles published in this journal are written by recognized experts in the field.