Tunable wetting mechanism of polypyrrole surfaces and low-voltage droplet manipulation via redox

Langmuir

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4249-4256

  Tsai, Yao Tsan ^a   Choi, Chang Hwan ^a   Gao, Ning ^a   Yang, Eui Hyeok ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR CHANGES; CONTACT LINES; DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATES; DRIVING FORCES; DROPLET MANIPULATION; DROPLET SHAPE; LIQUID DROPLETS; LOW-VOLTAGE; MARANGONI STRESS; REDOX PROCESS; SMART POLYMERS; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; VERY LOW VOLTAGE; WETTING MECHANISM; WETTING PROPERTY;

DICHLOROMETHANE; LIQUIDS; POLYPYRROLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

DROP BREAKUP;

DICHLOROMETHANE; POLYMER; POLYPYRROLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERS; PYRROLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79953236474     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la104403w     Document Type: Article

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