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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4817586
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- Australian Research Council [FT110100295]
- Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP)
- Australian Research Council [FT110100295] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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We report observations of a sudden, explosive release of electrostatically charged 100 mu m glass beads from a particle bed. These cross an air gap of several millimeters, are engulfed by an approaching pendant water drop, and form a metastable spherical agglomerate on the bed surface. The stability transition of the particle bed is explained by promotion of internal friction by in-plane electrostatic stresses. The novel agglomerates formed this way resemble the liquid marbles formed by coating a drop with hydrophobic particles. Complex multi-layered agglomerates may also be produced by this method, with potential industrial, pharmaceutical, environmental, and biological applications. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
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