Gravity-induced encapsulation of liquids by destabilization of granular rafts

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Abkarian, Manouk ^a   Protière, Suzie ^b   Aristoff, Jeffrey M ^c,d   Stone, Howard A ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d NUMERICA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; WATER;

DROPLET; EMULSION; ENCAPSULATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; GRAVITY; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; EMULSION; ENCAPSULATION; FLOTATION; FOAM; GRAVITY; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 84878696342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2869     Document Type: Article

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