Unidirectional motion of a water nanodroplet subjected to a surface energy gradient

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kou, Jianlong ^a,b   Mei, Maofei ^b   Lu, Hangjun ^a   Wu, Fengmin ^a   Fan, Jintu ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS CONTROL; DYNAMIC ACCELERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INITIAL STAGES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MEDICINE; NANODROPLET; SURFACE ENERGY GRADIENTS; TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY; UNIDIRECTIONAL MOTION; WATER MOLECULE; WATER TRANSPORT; WAVE-LIKE FEATURES;

DRUG DELIVERY; EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

EID: 84861928392     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.056301     Document Type: Article

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