Thermochemical control of oil droplet motion on a solid substrate

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Song, Chaeyeon ^a   Kim, Kipom ^a,b   Lee, Kyuyong ^a   Pak, Hyuk Kyu ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; FLUID MECHANICS; HEATING; LASER HEATING; SUBSTRATES;

CONTACT ANGLES; SOLID SUBSTRATE;

DROPS;

EID: 51349162956     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2976312     Document Type: Article

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