Nanometer-thick lateral polyelectrolyte micropatterns induce macrosopic electro-osmotic chaotic fluid instabilities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wessling, M ^a,b   Morcillo, L Garrigós ^a   Abdu, S ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR INTERACTIVE MATERIALS   (Germany)

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EID: 84896751297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04294     Document Type: Article

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