Observation of the liquid marble morphology using confocal microscopy

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 396-405

  Nguyen, Thanh H ^a   Hapgood, Karen ^a   Shen, Wei ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Intermolecular attraction; Liquid marble; Particle liquid interface; Shell morphology

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STRUCTURES; DEFORMATION FORCES; DOMINATING FACTORS; FINE PARTICLES; HYDROPHOBIC EFFECT; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC PARTICLES; HYDROPHOBIC POWDER; INTERMOLECULAR ATTRACTION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CORES; LIQUID MARBLE; LIQUID VOLUME; LOW RESOLUTION IMAGES; OUT-OF-FOCUS PLANES; PARTICLE PENETRATION; PARTICLE-LIQUID INTERFACE; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SHELL MORPHOLOGY; SHELL STRUCTURE; THICKNESS VARIATION; WATER SURFACE;

AGGLOMERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIQUIDS; MARBLE; MORPHOLOGY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77954539656     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.038     Document Type: Article

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