Temperature-induced coalescence of colliding binary droplets on superhydrophobic surface

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yi, Nan ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Dong, Lining ^a   Quan, Xiaojun ^a   Hong, Fangjun ^a   Tao, Peng ^a   Song, Chengyi ^a   Shang, Wen ^a   Deng, Tao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84896754154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04303     Document Type: Article

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