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Enhanced Droplet Control by Transition Boiling

A droplet of water on a heated surface can levitate over a film of gas produced by its own evaporation in the Leidenfrost effect. When the surface is prepared with ratchet-like saw-teeth topography, these droplets can self-propel and can even climb uphill. However, the extent to which the droplets c...

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Autores principales: Grounds, Alex, Still, Richard, Takashina, Kei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00720

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