Size dependence of shape and stiffness of single sessile oil nanodroplets as measured by atomic force microscopy

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 4243-4252

  Munz, Martin ^a   Mills, Tom ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OILS AND FATS; PROBES; STIFFNESS;

ERROR PROPAGATION; LIQUID-LIQUID INTERFACES; NANOSCALE DROPLETS; SESSILE DROPLET; SIZE DEPENDENCE; SOLID SUPPORTS; SPHERICAL CAPS; SUPPORT SURFACES;

DROP BREAKUP;

EMULSION; OIL;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EMULSIONS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84899437360     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la5001446     Document Type: Article

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