Controlling Drop Size and Polydispersity Using Chemically Patterned Surfaces
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Controlling drop size and polydispersity using chemically patterned surfaces.
We explore numerically the feasibility of using chemical patterning to control the size and polydispersity of micrometer-scale drops. The simulations suggest that it is possible to sort drops by size or wetting properties by using an array of hydrophilic stripes of different widths. We also demonstrate that monodisperse drops can be generated by exploiting the pinning of a drop on a hydrophilic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Langmuir
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0743-7463,1520-5827
DOI: 10.1021/la062082w