"Stick and slide" ferrofluidic droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Guo, Zhi Guang ^a,b   Zhou, Feng ^a,c   Hao, Jing Cheng ^a   Liang, Yong Min ^a   Liu, Wei Min ^a   Huck, Wilhelm T S ^c  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; FLUIDICS; FRICTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ELECTROWETTING; MICROFERROFLUIDIC DEVICES; REMOTE ACTUATION; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 33747838748     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2336729     Document Type: Article

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