Pinning and avalanches in hydrophobic microchannels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Queralt Martin M ^a   Pradas, M ^a,b   Rodriguez Trujillo R ^a   Arundell, M ^a   Corvera Poire E ^c   Hernandez Machado A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; LOW PRESSURES; PINNING POINTS; RARE EVENT; STOCHASTIC BEHAVIOR; TIME EXPONENT; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WATER FRONT;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 79960639224     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.194501     Document Type: Article

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