Bioinspired tilt-angle fabricated structure gradient fibers: Micro-drops fast transport in a long-distance

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chen, Yuan ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Xue, Yan ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a,b   Zheng, Yongmei ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84885608519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02927     Document Type: Article

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