Thermocapillary actuation of a water droplet encapsulated in an oil plug

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1843-1852

  Jiao, Zhenjun ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Huang, Xiaoyang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLUID MECHANICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICON; SILICONES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

WATER DROPLETS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 42549167627     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/17/9/013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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