Gaskell, P.H., Lee, Y.C., Thompson, H.M. et al. (2 more authors) (Completed: 2008) Micro-scale flow on naturally occurring and engineered functional surfaces. In: Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Microfluidics – Microfluidics 2008. 1st European Conference on Microfluidics – Microfluidics 2008 (μFlu’08), December 10-12 2008, Bologna.
Abstract
The deposition and controlled flow of continuous thin liquid film droplets on surfaces containing complex microscale surface patterning (either man-made or naturally occurring) plays a key part in numerous engineering and biologically related fields. For example, in an engineering context, complex surface patterning is present in processes involving printing/photolithography [1] and the application of precision protective coatings [2]; in biological systems they occur in such diverse areas as plant disease control [3], in redistribution of lung linings in respiratory systems [4], and in sustaining life itself, as in the unusual case of the Namibian desert beetle which drinks by harvesting morning mists [5] -- the mist condenses on hydrophilic bumps on its upper surface to form larger droplets which then roll down waxy hydrophobic channels between the bumps to reach the beetle's mouth.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Published in the CD-ROM Conference Proceedings |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Mrs Fiona Slade |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2009 16:25 |
Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2016 16:34 |
Status: | Published |
Identification Number: | μFLU08-64 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:5225 |