Uphill motion of droplets on tilted and vertical grooved substrates induced by a wettability gradient

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 434, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-135

  Chandesris, Benoit ^a   Soupremanien, Ulrich ^a   Dunoyer, Nicolas ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Droplets; Micro channels; Surface energy gradient; Uphill displacements

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DEIONIZED WATER; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ETCHING; INK JET PRINTERS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (PE CVD); PULSATING HEAT PIPE; SURFACE ENERGY GRADIENTS; UPHILL DISPLACEMENTS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; WETTABILITY GRADIENTS;

SUBSTRATES;

SILICON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; GRAVITY; HYSTERESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TILTING; VELOCITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84879276075     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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