Droplet levitation in capacitor

Biefeld–Brown effect

Biefeld–Brown effect

Parametric analysis of acoustically levitated droplet for potential ...

1. Introduction. Levitation involves suspending solid particles or fluid droplets in the air or another medium to counteract gravity. This technique offers numerous advantages in container-less processing [1], [2] and lab-on-a-drop applications [3], [4].The concept has found applications in material science [5], analytical chemistry [6], fluid …

Unraveling the role of vaporization momentum in self-jumping dynamics of freezing supercooled droplets …

In contrast to previously reported droplet levitation induced by local overpressure 32, the observed droplet self-detaching in this study is characterized by the droplet''s compressive ...

A numerical study on the levitation system for droplet preparation …

Although the feasibility of the aerodynamic levitation system implemented in the MISTEE facility was verified in the preliminary tests (Manickam et al., 2019), in our recent tests, it was found that the levitation and discharge of droplets molten from different materials were not straightforward as expected, since the sample may be blown away, …

Acoustic levitation widens the study of droplet jetting

Most research on the phenomenon is conducted with a 15-year-old technique known as field-induced droplet ionization, in which a series of parent droplets are dripped in air between the parallel plates of a capacitor.

Levitodynamics: Levitation and control of microscopic objects in vacuum

The ability to control and cool the motion of levitated systems—in some cases down to their motional ground state—and to couple these systems to external forces provides opportunities for fundamental science and technology. Gonzalez-Ballestero et al. provide an overview of the status, challenges, and prospects of levitodynamics, the multidisciplinary …

Dynamics of Acoustically Levitated Drops | SpringerLink

By adjusting the distance between the transducer and the reflector and changing the position of the pressure node in the acoustic field, the droplet levitation …

Self-assembled levitating clusters of water droplets: …

For a given temperature, the droplet radius R tends to increase with time 5, often consistently with the t 1/2 law. The typical radius of levitating water droplets is dozens of microns, and they ...

Parametric analysis of acoustically levitated droplet for potential …

This rotation is due to misalignment between the vertical axes of the droplet and the levitator leading to net acoustic torque on levitated droplet [38], [39]. The torque acting on the droplet can be represented as, (6) τ = F . d where F is the resultant acoustic force and d is the length of the major axis of the droplet.

Fluid flow effects in levitated droplets | Semantic Scholar

Levitation techniques have been applied to a staggering range of materials, from liquid helium to aqueous solutions of proteins, to metals, ceramics, glasses and semiconductors. These experiments have encompassed temperatures from cryogenic to greater than 2500 °C, and samples from micrograms to tens of kilograms. It should come …

Acoustic levitation widens the study of droplet jetting

As a result, the droplet ruptures and emits a fine jet of tiny daughter droplets. Most research on the phenomenon is conducted with a 15-year-old technique known as field-induced droplet ionization, in which a series of parent droplets are dripped in air between the parallel plates of a capacitor.

Numerical study of single droplet drying in an acoustic levitator ...

Empirical data from the literature are used to validate our single droplet levitation and drying model in case of pure water and binary water-maltodextrin droplets. We found that the acoustic streaming inside the levitated droplet has a retarding effect on its critical point of time when the solute forms a solid crust at the free phase boundary ...

Parametric analysis of acoustically levitated droplet for potential ...

Acoustic levitation is a versatile technique for the non-contact handling of both solid and liquid samples, yet its potential remains underutilized in …

Dynamics of Acoustically Levitated Drops | SpringerLink

Levitation of liquid droplet is one of the most important applications of acoustic levitation, not only for the study of fluid physics, but also for bio/chemical analysis. In this chapter, we review various behaviors of …

Characterization of oscillation modes in levitated droplets using …

The dynamics of levitated liquid droplets can be used to measure their thermophysical properties by correlating the frequencies at which normal modes of …

Upper Limit of Light-Levitated Droplet Motion

The light-enabled droplet levitation shows promising potential in applications in biotechnology, clinical medicine, and nanomaterials. In particular, light …

Film levitation and central jet of droplet impact on nanotube ...

The regime of Leidenfrost phenomenon is characterized by droplet bounce-off behavior free of any liquid jets. Film levitation is driven by the vaporization of two parts of the droplet, with one as the droplet bottom layer over the contact area above the nanotube structure, and the other as the hemiwicking liquid in nanotubes.

Leidenfrost levitation: beyond droplets | Scientific Reports

Leidenfrost levitation: beyond droplets | Scientific Reports

Applications of Acoustic Levitation in Chemical Analysis and Biochemistry

The experimental setup of acoustic levitation coupled with field-induced droplet ionization mass spectroscopy (FIDI-MS). a The overall arrangement of the levitator, FIDI electrodes, and mass spectrometer.b A levitated and illuminated droplet sandwiched by the two FIDI electrodes, one of which is the atmospheric pressure sampling input of …

Magnetic levitation of large water droplets and mice

The performance of the simulator was verified by its capability of levitating water droplets. During the testing, the magnet was first cooled to 2.2 K and fully charged to 16.9 T with a current of 131.1 A, producing a peak |B(z)B′(z)| value of 15 T 2 /cm along the z-axis, about 10% higher than the predicted value (∼13.6 T 2 /cm) needed to levitate pure …

A numerical study on the levitation system for droplet preparation …

To achieve the aerodynamic levitation of a droplet through adjusting the flow rate of argon gas, there may be three levitation modes of the droplet, which are shown in Fig. 4 where F D denotes the drag force, G the gravity, F f and F S the friction the supporting force from the crucible wall, respectively. Download: Download high-res image …

Coalescence and mixing dynamics of droplets in acoustic …

Acoustic levitation is well-suited to ''lab-on-a-drop'' contactless chemical analysis of droplets. Rapid mixing is of fundamental importance in lab-on-a-drop …

Evaporation Mechanisms during Droplet Levitation and …

1. Introduction. In recent years, the phenomenon of droplet coalescence has attracted widespread academic attention [1, 2].Lukyanets et al. [3] investigated the influence of the electric field frequency on the levitation time addition, droplet research has shown its importance in fields such as meteorology, environmental science, and …

Triboelectricity-based self-charging droplet capacitor for harvesting ...

A surface created with CYTOP and PTFE can provide 3.8 nC charge to a droplet capacitor with a 450 μL plain water drop, which generates a voltage of approximately 29 V across the droplet capacitor, sufficient to turn on a number of semiconductor diodes connected in series. ... A mems electret generator with …

Progress in experimental investigations on evaporation characteristics of a fuel droplet …

Currently, there are mainly three experimental methods for studying the evaporation of a fuel droplet, namely suspension, flying droplet and levitation. Table 1 compares the mechanisms, advantages and limitations of these research methods. As shown in Table 1, each method has its own advantages and disadvantages that …

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