Researchers find a way to make drops on a surface move in just one direction
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 07:14
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling the way liquids spread across a surface is important for a wide variety of technologies, including DNA microarrays for medical research, inkjet printers and digital lab-on-a-chip systems. But until now, the designers of such devices could only control how much the liquid would spread out over a surface, not which way it would go.