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Modeling of Menisci and Capillary Forces from the Millimeter to the Micrometer Size Range
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Modeling of Menisci and Capillary Forces from the Millimeter to the Micrometer Size Range

Bartosz A Grzybowski, Ned Bowden, Francisco Arias, Hong Yang and George M Whitesides
The journal of physical chemistry. B, Vol.105(2), pp.404-412
01/01/2001
DOI: 10.1021/jp0026383

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Abstract

This paper examines lateral capillary interactions between millimeter- and sub-millimeter-sized objects floating at the interface between perfluorodecalin (PFD) and water. It describes methods - both experimental and computational - that allow the shape of the interface to be described for various geometries of the interacting objects. From these shapes, it derives the energy profiles characterizing the lateral capillary interactions. This work also demonstrates a new experimental method of imaging and studying menisci, and of studying capillary interactions between objects. © 2001 American Chemical Society.

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