Non-coalescence of oppositely charged drops

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7262, 2009, Pages 377-380

  Ristenpart, W D ^a,b   Bird, J C ^c   Belmonte, A ^d   Dollar, F ^c   Stone, H A ^c,e  

^a Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM; VEGETABLE OIL;

CAPILLARITY; COALESCENCE; DROPLET; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL POWER; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSPRAY; LAB ON A CHIP; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICELLE; MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70349288031     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08294     Document Type: Article

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