Periodic Droplet Formation in Chemically Patterned Microchannels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Kuksenok, Olga ^a   Jasnow, David ^b   Yeomans, Julia ^c   Balazs, Anna C ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PHASE SEPARATION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES;

MICROCHANNELS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 0142089110     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.108303     Document Type: Article

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