Electrohydrodynamic tip streaming and emission of charged drops from liquidcones

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-154

  Collins, Robert T ^a   Jones, Jeremy J ^a   Harris, Michael T ^a   Basaran, Osman A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID FILMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC (EHD); ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FINITE CONDUCTIVITY; JET EMISSIONS; LENGTH SCALE; MACROSCOPIC DROPS; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; TIP STRUCTURE;

DROPS;

EID: 38849167460     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys807     Document Type: Article

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