Impact of negative line tension on the shape of nanometer-size sessile droplets

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Berg, John K ^a   Weber, Constans M ^a   Riegler, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; LINE TENSION; NANOMETER SIZE; SESSILE DROPLET; SIZE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; YOUNG'S EQUATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 77955614404     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.076103     Document Type: Article

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