Directional motion of droplets in a conical tube or on a conical fibre

Chinese Physics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3210-3213

  Liu, Jian Lin ^a   Xia, Re ^a   Li, Bing Wei ^a   Feng, Xi Qiao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS;

CRITICAL CONDITION; DIRECTIONAL MOTION; DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENTS; ENERGY-BASED METHODS; HYDROPHILIC FIBERS; LIQUID DROPLETS; MICROFLUIDICS DEVICES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 36248942986     PISSN: 0256307X     EISSN: 17413540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/24/11/052     Document Type: Article

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