Electrostatic charging of jumping droplets

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Miljkovic, Nenad ^a   Preston, Daniel J ^a   Enright, Ryan ^b,c   Wang, Evelyn N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DROPLET; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACE; SURFACE ENERGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID; PHYSICS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84885128951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3517     Document Type: Article

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