Leidenfrost on a ratchet

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 395-398

  Lagubeau, Guillaume ^a,b   Le Merrer, Marie ^a,b   Clanet, Christophe ^a,b   Quéré, David ^a,b  

^a ESPCI   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING FORCES; FISHING LINE; SELF PROPULSION; SOLID/LIQUID;

TEXTURES;

EID: 79955670337     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1925     Document Type: Article

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