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An optical platform for the production, trapping, manipulation and visualization of ultra-low interfacial tension emulsion droplets (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hargreaves, A. L., Kirby, A. K., Bain, C. D., Love, G. D., Bolognesi, G., Ces, O., …Ward, A. D. (2013). An optical platform for the production, trapping, manipulation and visualization of ultra-low interfacial tension emulsion droplets. In K. Dholakia, & G. C. Spalding (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2027105

We discuss the design, implementation and performance of a novel platform for the production and optical control of ultra-low interfacial tension droplets in the 1-10 micron regime. A custom-designed, integrated microfluidic system allows the product... Read More about An optical platform for the production, trapping, manipulation and visualization of ultra-low interfacial tension emulsion droplets.

Internal Flows and Particle Transport Inside Picoliter Droplets of Binary Solvent Mixtures (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Talbot, E., Berson, A., Yang, L., & Bain, C. (2013). Internal Flows and Particle Transport Inside Picoliter Droplets of Binary Solvent Mixtures.

The flows in evaporating droplets of binary mixtures are much more complicated than single solvent systems. Solutal Marangoni flows are generated due to differential evaporation of components. High-speed imaging techniques are used to visualize how i... Read More about Internal Flows and Particle Transport Inside Picoliter Droplets of Binary Solvent Mixtures.

Study of liquid jet instability by confocal microscopy (2012)
Journal Article
Yang, L., Adamson, L. J., & Bain, C. D. (2012). Study of liquid jet instability by confocal microscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(7), Article 073104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4734017

The instability of a liquid microjet was used to measure the dynamic surface tension of liquids at the surface ages of ≤1 ms using confocal microscopy. The reflected light from a laser beam at normal incidence to the jet surface is linear in the disp... Read More about Study of liquid jet instability by confocal microscopy.

Evaporation of picoliter droplets on surfaces with a range of wettabilities and thermal conductivities (2012)
Journal Article
Talbot, E. L., Berson, A., Brown, P. S., & Bain, C. D. (2012). Evaporation of picoliter droplets on surfaces with a range of wettabilities and thermal conductivities. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 85(6), Article 061604. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.85.061604

The evaporation of picoliter water and ethanol droplets generated by drop-on-demand inkjet printing was investigated on substrates with apparent contact angles between 10∘ and 135∘ and thermal conductivities between 0.25 and 149 Wm−1K−1. Drying times... Read More about Evaporation of picoliter droplets on surfaces with a range of wettabilities and thermal conductivities.

Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 2. CTAB and Triton X-100 Mixtures on Silica (2011)
Journal Article
Woods, D., Petkov, J., & Bain, C. (2011). Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 2. CTAB and Triton X-100 Mixtures on Silica. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 115(22), 7353-7363. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp201340j

Total internal reflection (TIR) Raman spectroscopy has been used to study the kinetics of adsorption, desorption, and displacement of mixed surfactant systems at the silica–water interface. The limited penetration depth of the evanescent wave provide... Read More about Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 2. CTAB and Triton X-100 Mixtures on Silica.

Nanofluidic networks created and controlled by light (2011)
Journal Article
Woods, D., Mellor, C., Taylor, J., Bain, C., & Ward, A. (2011). Nanofluidic networks created and controlled by light. Soft Matter, 7(6), 2517-2520. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01183e

Nanofluidic networks have been fabricated in an oil-in-water emulsion. Micron-sized oil drops with ultralow interfacial tensions are connected by stable oil threads a few nm across. Lasers are used both to construct the nanofluidic network and to tra... Read More about Nanofluidic networks created and controlled by light.

Adsorption of CTAB on Hydrophilic Silica Studied by Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy (2008)
Journal Article
Tyrode, E., Rutland, M., & Bain, C. (2008). Adsorption of CTAB on Hydrophilic Silica Studied by Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(51), https://doi.org/10.1021/ja805169z

Adsorption kinetics in binary surfactant mixtures studied with external reflection FTIR spectroscopy (2007)
Journal Article
Day, J., Campbell, R., Russell, O., & Bain, C. (2007). Adsorption kinetics in binary surfactant mixtures studied with external reflection FTIR spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(25), 8757-8774. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp067051o

The adsorption kinetics of mixtures of soluble surfactants at the air-water interface was studied on an overflowing cylinder. Vibrational spectra of the adsorbed monolayers were acquired by external reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,... Read More about Adsorption kinetics in binary surfactant mixtures studied with external reflection FTIR spectroscopy.

In situ vibrational spectroscopy of thin organic films confined at the solid-solid interface (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Winget, S., Bain, C., & Beattie, D. (2006). In situ vibrational spectroscopy of thin organic films confined at the solid-solid interface. In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society

Polarization effects in optically bound particle arrays (2006)
Journal Article
Mellor, C., Fennerty, T., & Bain, C. (2006). Polarization effects in optically bound particle arrays. Optics Express, 14(21), 10079-10088. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.14.010079

Sub-micron polystyrene spheres spontaneously assemble into twodimensional arrays in the evanescent field of counterpropagating laser beams at the silica–water interface. The symmetry and dynamics of these arrays depends on the particle size and the p... Read More about Polarization effects in optically bound particle arrays.

Interaction of peptides and proteins with planar supported lipid bilayers studied by Raman scattering (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bain, C., Lee, C., Smith, R., & Wacklin, H. (2006). Interaction of peptides and proteins with planar supported lipid bilayers studied by Raman scattering. In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society

A Maxwell-Stefan-Derjaguin-Grahame model of the concentration profile of a charged solute in the polarisation layer. (2006)
Journal Article
Vasan, S., Bain, C., Field, R., & Cui, Z. (2006). A Maxwell-Stefan-Derjaguin-Grahame model of the concentration profile of a charged solute in the polarisation layer. Desalination, 200(1-3), 175-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.286

Optical sculpture: controlled deformation of emulsion droplets with ultralow interfacial tensions using optical tweezers (2006)
Journal Article
Ward, A., Berry, M., Mellor, C., & Bain, C. (2006). Optical sculpture: controlled deformation of emulsion droplets with ultralow interfacial tensions using optical tweezers. Chemical Communications, 43, 4515-4517. https://doi.org/10.1039/b610060k

We report a technique for deforming micron-sized emulsion droplets that have ultralow interfacial tensions, by the manipulation of multiple optical trapping sites within the droplets.

Array formation in evanescent waves (2006)
Journal Article
Mellor, C., & Bain, C. (2006). Array formation in evanescent waves. ChemPhysChem, 7(2), 329-332. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200500348

Adsorption kinetics in micellar solutions of nonionic surfactants (2005)
Journal Article
Colegate, D., & Bain, C. (2005). Adsorption kinetics in micellar solutions of nonionic surfactants. Physical Review Letters, 95(19), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.95.198302

Standard models of the adsorption kinetics of surfactants at the air-water surface assume that micelles break down into monomers in the bulk solution and that only monomers adsorb. We show here that micelles of the nonionic surfactant C14E8 adsorb to... Read More about Adsorption kinetics in micellar solutions of nonionic surfactants.

Surfactant-induced surface freezing at the alkane-water interface (2004)
Journal Article
Lei, Q., & Bain, C. (2004). Surfactant-induced surface freezing at the alkane-water interface. Physical Review Letters, 92(17), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.176103

Long-chain alkanes exhibit surface freezing at the alkane-air but not the alkane-water interface. Ellipsometry and surface tensiometry are used to show that a simple cationic surfactant, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), can induce surface f... Read More about Surfactant-induced surface freezing at the alkane-water interface.

Surfactant adsorption and Marangoni flow in liquid jets I. Experiments (2003)
Journal Article
Battal, T., Bain, C., Weiss, M., & Darton, R. (2003). Surfactant adsorption and Marangoni flow in liquid jets I. Experiments. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 263(1), 250-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9797%2803%2900253-4

The adsorption of surfactants at an expanding liquid surface has been studied in a gravity-driven laminar water jet with Reynolds numbers in the range from 1000 to 2000. Surface concentrations of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C16TAB) were deduc... Read More about Surfactant adsorption and Marangoni flow in liquid jets I. Experiments.