Existence of micrometer-scale water droplets at solvent/air interfaces

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 13218-13223

  Daly, Ronan ^a   Sader, John E ^a,b   Boland, John J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYL ACETATE; DROPLET SIZES; EXISTENCE AND STABILITY; LINE TENSION; LIQUID/AIR INTERFACE; MACROSCOPIC DROPS; MICRO DROPLETS; MICROMETER SIZES; MICROMETER-SCALE; ORGANIC LIQUID; PARTIAL MISCIBILITY; PURE LIQUIDS; SOLVENT MIGRATION; STABILIZATION MECHANISMS; WATER DROPLETS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; MICROMETERS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84866396399     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302420s     Document Type: Article

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