Self-propelled motion of a droplet induced by Marangoni-driven spreading

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Yong Jun ^a   Nagamine, Yuko ^b   Yoshikawa, Kenichi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CHEMICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM; CONCENTRATION OF; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MARANGONI; PETRI DISH; SELF-PROPELLED MOTION;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 68949092237     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.016303     Document Type: Article

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