Liquid transport generated by a flashing field-induced wettability ratchet

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  John, Karin ^a   Thiele, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PHASE CONTROL; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WETTING;

CONTINUOUS PHASES; DIELECTRIC LIQUID FILMS; FLASHING FIELD-INDUCED WETTABILITY RATCHETS; LIQUID TRANSPORT; SOLID SUBSTRATES;

LIQUID FILMS;

EID: 34547286643     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2751582     Document Type: Article

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