Capillary driven movement of gas bubbles in tapered structures

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 341-355

  Metz, Tobias ^a   Paust, Nils ^a   Zengerle, Roland ^a   Koltay, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF FORCE; BUBBLE GEOMETRY; BUBBLE MOVEMENT; CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; CONTACT LINES; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GAS BUBBLE; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PARAMETER RANGE; TAPERED STRUCTURE; THIN-FILM DEPOSITIONS; TYPICAL APPLICATION; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; CONTACT ANGLE; DEGASSING; DEPOSITION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS;

GASES;

EID: 77149146587     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0551-1     Document Type: Article

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