Dimensional crossover in the coalescence dynamics of viscous drops confined in between two plates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6395-6398

  Yokot, Maria ^a   Okumur, Ko ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; LIQUID; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955621822     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017112108     Document Type: Article

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