Issue 33, 2024
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Chemical Communications

Propulsion of zwitterionic surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil droplets by low electric fields†

Lotta Gustavsson,ab   Bo Peng, ORCID logo ab   Rémi Plamont ORCID logo *abc  and  Olli Ikkala ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo FI-02150, Finland
E-mail: olli.ikkala@aalto.fi

b Center of Excellence in Life Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER), Finland

c Institut Charles Sadron - CNRS - UPR22, BP 84047, Strasbourg 67034 Cedex 2, France
E-mail: remi.plamont@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr

Abstract

We show directional and controllable propulsion of zwitterionic surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil droplets driven by low electric fields. Our results suggest that the propulsion mechanism is based on stimulus-responsive on-demand interfacial phenomena.

Graphical abstract: Propulsion of zwitterionic surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil droplets by low electric fields

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC05464K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Nov 2023
Accepted
15 Mar 2024
First published
02 Apr 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 4467-4470

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Propulsion of zwitterionic surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil droplets by low electric fields

L. Gustavsson, B. Peng, R. Plamont and O. Ikkala, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 4467 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05464K

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