Prediction and optimization of liquid propagation in micropillar arrays

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 15070-15075

  Xiao, Rong ^a   Enright, Ryan ^a,b   Wang, Evelyn N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; DEIONIZED WATER; FORECASTING;

DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MICROPILLAR ARRAYS; PROPAGATION RATE; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; SURFACE EVOLVER SIMULATIONS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; VISCOUS RESISTANCE;

LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952110567     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la102645u     Document Type: Article

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