Electric-field-induced capillary attraction between like-charged particles at liquid interfaces

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6913, 2002, Pages 299-301

  Nikolaides, M G ^a,d   Bausch, A R ^a,d   Hsu, M F ^a   Dinsmore, A D ^a,d   Brenner, M P ^b   Gay, C ^c   Weitz, D A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; ELECTROSTATICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRESSES;

AREA CONFINEMENT;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

OIL; WATER;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COLLOID; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING; INTERFACE; OIL-WATER EMULSION;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0037153156     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01113     Document Type: Article

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