Wettability control of droplet durotaxis

Durotaxis refers to cell motion directed by stiffness gradients of an underlying substrate. Recent work has shown that droplets also move spontaneously along stiffness gradients through a process reminiscent of durotaxis. Wetting droplets, however, move toward softer substrates, an observation seemi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bueno, Jesus, Bazilevs, Yuri, Juanes, Ruben, Gomez, Hector
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120323
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-2332