Spontaneous motion of a water droplet on hydrophilic and curvature gradient conical-shaped surfaces

2012 7th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 403-406

  Chuang, Y C ^a   Hsieh, H Y ^a   Zheng, Quanshui ^b   Tseng, F G ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

curvature gradient; Droplet motion; surface tension

Indexed keywords

CONICAL CAPILLARIES; CURVATURE GRADIENTS; DRIVING FORCES; DROPLET MOTION; DROPLET VELOCITY; GLASS CAPILLARIES; MICROLITERS; NANO-TEXTURE; NANOTEXTURED; OXYGEN PLASMAS; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; WATER DROPLETS;

GLASS; HYDROPHILICITY; SURFACE TENSION;

DROPS;

EID: 84861533510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2012.6196804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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