Spreading of nanofluids on solids

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6936, 2003, Pages 156-159

  Wasan, Darsh T ^a   Nikolov, Alex D ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; MICELLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMEDIATION; SOILS; SOLIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

NANOFLUIDS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLE;

FLUID FLOW; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MICELLE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLID;

EID: 0012718311     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01591     Document Type: Article

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