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ArticleMicromachines2022

Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Dipolar ZnO Nanoparticles and Microdroplets.

Najla Ghifari, Rachid Bennacer, Adil Chahboun, Abdel I El Abed

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Article in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Najla GhifariLaboratoire Lumière Matière et Interfaces (LUMIN), UMR 9024, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 4 Avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5368-1741
Rachid BennacerENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LMPS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8876-9361
Adil ChahbounLaboratoire des Couches Minces et Nanomatériaux (CMN), FST Tanger, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, BP 416, Tangier 90000, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-3113-316X
Abdel I El AbedLaboratoire Lumière Matière et Interfaces (LUMIN), UMR 9024, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 4 Avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3324-2300

Funding

Projet Toubkal, Programme Hubert Curien (PHC). TBK17-56
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we investigated the orientation and the polarization of ZnO nanoparticles, which serve as building blocks of highly monodisperse microspheres, using a droplet microfluidic-assisted synthesis method. We observe, for the first time, a square lattice organization of liquid microdroplets, in a steady state, at the oil/water interface. Such square organization reveals clearly a dipolar organization of ZnO nanoparticles at the surfaces of droplets at the early stage of ZnO nanocrystal aggregation and microsphere formation. We discuss different models of organization of ZnO nanoparticles and show that the well-known tip-streaming effect in droplets in microfluidics explains the reason for the obtained dipolar droplets. The square organization is illustrated and explained.

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dipolar electric interactiondropletsmeso-crystallizationmicrofluidicstip-streaming effectZnO nanoparticles

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PMID36144145
PMCPMC9502180

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