Hand-Held Femtogram Detection of Hazardous Picric Acid with Hydrophobic Ag Nanopillar SERS Substrates and Mechanism of Elasto-Capillarity.
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DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00749
Abstract: Picric acid (PA) is a severe environmental and security risk due to its unstable, toxic, and explosive properties. It is also challenging to detect in trace amounts and in situ because of its highly acidic… read more here.
Keywords: elasto capillarity; picric acid; hand held;
Chemical mediated elasto-capillarity of elastic sheets.
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DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01575e
Abstract: Capillary forces can cause outstanding deformation of slender structures, and this behavior holds great potential in a plethora of areas. In this study, we propose a facile strategy to mediate the deformation of elastic structures… read more here.
Keywords: elasto capillarity; capillarity elastic; mediated elasto; chemical mediated ... See more keywords
Colloidal gelation, a means to study elasto-capillarity effects in foam.
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DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02301a
Abstract: We explore the evolution of the mechanical properties of a coarsening foam containing colloidal particles that undergo a sol-gel transition in the continuous phase. This enables us to investigate the impact of elasto-capillarity on foam… read more here.
Keywords: elasto capillarity; elasto capillary; mechanics; foam ... See more keywords