Controlled liquid entrapment over patterned sidewalls in confined geometries

Liquid entrapment over patterned surfaces has applications in diagnostics, oil recovery, and printing processes. Here we study the process of oil displacement upon sequential injection of water over a photopatterned structure in a confined geometry. By varying the amplitude and frequency of triangul...

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Main Authors: Gupta, Ankur (Contributor), Lee, Hyundo (Contributor), Doyle, Patrick S (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2018-02-20T14:59:11Z.
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