Light-driven motion of liquids on a photoresponsive surface

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5471, 2000, Pages 1624-1626

  Ichimura, Kunihiro ^a   Oh, Sang Keun ^a   Nakagawa, Masaru ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMAMIDE; GLASS; MACROGOL; OLIVE OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; LIGHT; LIQUID; MATERIAL STATE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034595660     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5471.1624     Document Type: Article

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