Topography-based surface tension gradients to facilitate water droplet movement on laser-etched copper substrates

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 12043-12050

  Sommers, A D ^a   Brest, T J ^a   Eid, K F ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATE RETENTION; GRADIENT SURFACES; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; INDIVIDUAL DROPLETS; MINIMUM GRADIENTS; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; THEORETICAL DESIGN;

AIR CONDITIONING; COPPER; SURFACE TENSION; TESTING; WATER INJECTION;

DROPS;

EID: 84884884146     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la402424d     Document Type: Article

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