Modification of Drop Shape Controlled by Electrowetting

Langmuir

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 9328-9333

  Bienia, Marguerite ^a   Quilliet, Catherine ^a   Vallade, Marcel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROWETTING (EW);

BRINES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; SURFACE TENSION;

WETTING;

EID: 0242491864     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la030079w     Document Type: Article

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