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SUBMITTER: 't Mannetje D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3996538 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
't Mannetje Dieter D Ghosh Somnath S Lagraauw Rudy R Otten Simon S Pit Arjen A Berendsen Christian C Zeegers Jos J van den Ende Dirk D Mugele Frieder F
Nature communications 20140411
Controlling the motion of drops on solid surfaces is crucial in many natural phenomena and technological processes including the collection and removal of rain drops, cleaning technology and heat exchangers. Topographic and chemical heterogeneities on solid surfaces give rise to pinning forces that can capture and steer drops in desired directions. Here we determine general physical conditions required for capturing sliding drops on an inclined plane that is equipped with electrically tunable we ...[more]