One-way wicking in open micro-channels controlled by channel topography

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 404, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-178

  Feng, Jiansheng ^a   Rothstein, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Contact angle; Directional wicking; Laplace pressure; Surface tension effect; Three dimensional meniscus

Indexed keywords

LAPLACE PRESSURE; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MICROFLUIDIC DIODES; NANO-METER SCALE; SURFACE-TENSION EFFECT; TILTING ANGLE; WICKING; WICKING BEHAVIORS;

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; WETTING;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

ARTICLE; DIODE; KNEE MENISCUS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFABRICATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION;

MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84878983915     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.02.052     Document Type: Article

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