Quantification of polystyrene microsphere attachment probability at the oil‒water interface using a microfluidic platform.

In Hwan Jung, Kyu Hwan Choi, Tae Seok Seo, Hyosung An, Bum Jun Park

Abstract read

In one paragraph

Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

In Hwan JungDepartment of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, South Korea.

Kyu Hwan ChoiDepartment of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, South Korea.

Tae Seok SeoDepartment of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, South Korea.

Hyosung AnDepartment of Petrochemical Materials Engineering, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, 59631, South Korea.

Bum Jun ParkDepartment of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, South Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the effects of interparticle interactions and wettability on the particle attachment efficacy to the oil‒water interface. Three types of PS particles with different surface functional groups were examined at varying salt concentrations and the number of particles injected into the interface. Based on the microfluidic method and the surface coverage measurement, we found that the two contributing factors significantly influenced particle attachment efficiency to the interface, while the wettability factor has a major contribution. This research contributes to the understanding of physicochemical aspects of particle assembly at fluid interfaces and can offer strategies for forming tailored structures with desired interfacial properties.

Indexed as

ColloidInterfaceInterface-adsorption efficacyInterparticle interactionsWettability

Identifiers

PMID37292304

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16588

PMCPMC10245256

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

LicenceCC BY-NC-ND

Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.