Electrically assisted drop sliding on inclined planes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mannetje, T D J C M ^a   Murade, C U ^a   Van Den Ende, D ^a   Mugele, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGES; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DROP-SLIDING; ELECTRO WETTING; INCLINED PLANES; SLIDING DROPS; SOLID SURFACE; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; HYSTERESIS; MACHINERY;

WETTING;

EID: 78651301733     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3533362     Document Type: Article

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