Sessile drops in weightlessness: an ideal playground for challenging Young’s equation

Abstract Sessile drop creation in weightlessness is critical for designing scientific instruments for space applications and for manipulating organic or biological liquids, such as whole human blood or DNA drops. It requires perfect control of injection, spreading, and wetting; however, the simple a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marc Medale, David Brutin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:npj Microgravity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-021-00153-9