Using sharp transitions in contact angle hysteresis to move, deflect, and sort droplets on a superhydrophobic surface

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nilsson, Michael A ^a   Rothstein, Jonathan P ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WETTING;

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MULTIPLE TRANSITIONS; RECEDING CONTACT LINES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEVICES;

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EID: 84863508900     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4723866     Document Type: Article

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