Reversible self-propelled droplet movement: A new driving mechanism

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 13, 2005, Pages

  Lazar, Paul ^a   Riegler, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC SOURCE; MELTING TEMPERATURE; SHRINKING DROPLET; SOLID TRAIL;

MELTING; PARAFFINS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 27144491556     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.136103     Document Type: Article

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