Droplet propulsion on non-piezoelectric substrates induced by lamb waves

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1474, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 391-394

  Liang, Wei ^a   Tietze, Sabrina ^a   Schmitt, Martin ^a   Lindner, Gerhard ^a  

^a Robotics Research Lab   (Germany)

Author keywords

Droplet propulsion; Optimization of propulsion; Ratio of absorbed power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870001780     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4749376     Document Type: Article

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