McHale, Glen (2007) Liquids shape up nicely. Nature Materials, 6 (9). pp. 627-628. ISSN 1476-1122
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1988
Abstract
Decorating a surface with a forest of microposts can either make it repel water or cause it to be sucked into the spaces between posts. In the latter case, the shape of a liquid on the surface can be controlled using simple design principles.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | wetting, hemiwicking, spreading |
| Subjects: | F100 Chemistry F300 Physics |
| Department: | Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Glen McHale |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2012 09:28 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 12:45 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8311 |
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