Thermocapillary actuation of droplet in a planar microchannel

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-214

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

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEATING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MICROCHANNELS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; STEEL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOSTATS; TRAJECTORIES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CHANNEL BOUNDARIES; DROPLET TRAJECTORIES; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; LIQUID DROPLETS; MICRO CHANNELS; MODELING RESULTS; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT; SILICON OILS; SPRINGER (CO); TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 46849083688     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0235-7     Document Type: Article

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