Issue 15, 2014
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Soft Matter

Liquid transfer mechanism between two surfaces and the role of contact angles†

H. Chen,a   T. Tang*a  and  A. Amirfazli*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
E-mail: ttang1@ualberta.ca

b Department of Mechanical Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
E-mail: alidad2@yorku.ca

Abstract

The transfer ratio of quasi-static liquid transfer was found to strongly depend on the difference between the receding contact angles of the two surfaces. In contrast to traditional thinking, the transfer ratio was quite insensitive to the adhesion force between the solid and the liquid when the liquid bridge broke.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4SM00075G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Jan 2014
Accepted
03 Feb 2014
First published
04 Feb 2014

Soft Matter, 2014,10, 2503-2507

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