Self-propulsion of liquid marbles: Leidenfrost-like levitation driven by marangoni flow

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9910-9915

  Bormashenko, Edward ^a   Bormashenko, Yelena ^a   Grynyov, Roman ^a   Aharoni, Hadas ^a   Whyman, Gene ^a   Binks, Bernard P ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; PROPULSION; VISCOUS FLOW;

AQUEOUS ALCOHOLS; CENTER OF MASS; CHARACTERISTIC VELOCITIES; LIQUID MARBLE; MARANGONI FLOWS; SELF PROPULSION; SOLUTOCAPILLARY FLOW; WATER SURFACE;

MARBLE;

EID: 84929012355     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01307     Document Type: Article

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