Regimes of thermocapillary migration of droplets under partial wetting conditions

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 647, Issue , 2010, Pages 125-142

  Gomba, J M ^a,b   Homsy, G M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; WETTING;

HEATED SUBSTRATES; LUBRICATION APPROXIMATIONS; NON-UNIFORM; PARTIAL WETTING; THERMOCAPILLARY MIGRATION; THICKNESS PROFILES; WETTING LIQUIDS; ZERO CONTACT ANGLE;

DROPS;

CAPILLARITY; DROPLET; FILM; FLOW MODELING; WETTING;

EID: 77952396223     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010000078     Document Type: Article

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