Exploring the Effects of Liquid Marbles' Deformation on Their Rolling Resistance.

Liquid marbles (LMs) are nonwetting droplets manufactured by encapsulating droplets with micro- or nanoscale particles. These marbles are widely used as transport carriers for digital microfluidics due to their rapid displacement velocity and leak-free transport. An improved understanding of the resistance mechanism of rolling LMs is crucial for their transport and manipulation.

Surface Acoustic Wave Propagation of GaN/Sapphire Integrated with a Gold Guiding Layer.

Gallium nitride (GaN), widely known as a wide bandgap semiconductor material, has been mostly employed in high power devices, light emitting diodes (LED), and optoelectronic applications. However, it could be exploited differently due to its piezoelectric properties, such as its higher SAW velocity and strong electromechanical coupling. In this study, we investigated the affect of the presence of a guiding layer made from titanium/gold on the surface acoustic wave propagation of the GaN/sapphire substrate.

Formulation and Characterization of FeO@PEG Nanoparticles Loaded Sorafenib; Molecular Studies and Evaluation of Cytotoxicity in Liver Cancer Cell Lines.

Iron oxide nanoparticles are one of the nanocarriers that are suitable for novel drug delivery systems due to low toxicity, biocompatibility, loading capacity, and controlled drug delivery to cancer cells. The purpose of the present study is the synthesis of coated iron oxide nanoparticles for the delivery of sorafenib (SFB) and its effects on cancer cells. In this study, FeO nanoparticles were synthesized by the co-precipitation method, and then sorafenib was loaded onto PEG@FeO nanoparticles.

Elasticity and damping ratio measurement of droplets on super-hydrophobic surfaces.

The measurement of the droplets' elasticity is vitally important in microfluidic and ink-jet printing. It refers to the ability of the droplet to restore its original shape and strong robustness. This study investigated a novel method to measure elasticity.

Polarization-independent and high-efficiency broadband optical absorber in visible light based on nanostructured germanium arrays.

A broadband optical absorber based on the nanostructured germanium (Ge) film composed of single-sized circular nanodisk-nanohole arrays is proposed, which demonstrates high efficiency, strong polarization independence, and large viewing angle. Due to the electric and magnetic resonance absorption modes excited by the nanostructure arrays in highly lossy Ge film, the absorber obtains a high absorptivity, reaching above 90% over the full visible wavelength, and it can be maintained well at a large viewing angle over ±50°. Based on the geometrical symmetry, the absorber is proved to be polarization independent.