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ArticleChemical science2022

Spatial reorganization of analytes in charged aqueous microdroplets.

Pallab Basuri, Amrita Chakraborty, Tripti Ahuja, Biswajit Mondal, Jenifer Shantha Kumar, Thalappil Pradeep

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  1. Accelerated Chemistry in Microdroplets.Accounts of chemical research · 2026
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Pallab BasuriDST Unit of Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai 600036 India pradeep@iitm.ac.in.
Amrita ChakrabortyDST Unit of Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai 600036 India pradeep@iitm.ac.in.
Tripti AhujaDST Unit of Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai 600036 India pradeep@iitm.ac.in.
Biswajit MondalDST Unit of Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai 600036 India pradeep@iitm.ac.in.
Jenifer Shantha KumarDST Unit of Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai 600036 India pradeep@iitm.ac.in.
Thalappil PradeepDST Unit of Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai 600036 India pradeep@iitm.ac.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3174-534X

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Abstract

Imprinted charged aqueous droplets of micrometer dimensions containing spherical gold and silver nanoparticles, gold nanorods, proteins and simple molecules were visualized using dark-field and transmission electron microscopies. With such studies, we hoped to understand the unusual chemistry exhibited by microdroplets. These droplets with sizes in the range of 1-100 μm were formed using a home-built electrospray source with nitrogen as the nebulization gas. Several remarkable features such as mass/size-selective segregation and spatial localization of solutes in nanometer-thin regions of microdroplets were visualized, along with the formation of micro-nano vacuoles. Electrospray parameters such as distance between the spray tip and surface, voltage and nebulization gas pressure influenced particle distribution within the droplets. We relate these features to unusual phenomena such as the enhancement of rates of chemical reactions in microdroplets.

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