Temperature-controlled directional spreading of water on a surface with high hysteresis

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Hou, Yongping ^a   Xue, Baolong ^a   Guan, Song ^a   Feng, Shile ^a   Geng, Zhi ^a   Sui, Xin ^a   Lu, Junhui ^a   Gao, Longcheng ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a,b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; directional water spreading; PNIPAAm; temperature controlled

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPONENT; DIRECTIONAL SPREADING; DIRECTIONAL WATER SPREADING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PNIPAAM; TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED; TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE; WETTABILITY GRADIENTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DROPS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WETTING;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 84892141955     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2013.70     Document Type: Article

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