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| Title |
Cutting a Drop of Water Pinned by Wire Loops Using a Superhydrophobic Surface and Knife
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0045893 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ryan Yanashima, Antonio A. García, James Aldridge, Noah Weiss, Mark A. Hayes, James H. Andrews |
| Abstract |
A water drop on a superhydrophobic surface that is pinned by wire loops can be reproducibly cut without formation of satellite droplets. Drops placed on low-density polyethylene surfaces and Teflon-coated glass slides were cut with superhydrophobic knives of low-density polyethylene and treated copper or zinc sheets, respectively. Distortion of drop shape by the superhydrophobic knife enables a clean break. The driving force for droplet formation arises from the lower surface free energy for two separate drops, and it is modeled as a 2-D system. An estimate of the free energy change serves to guide when droplets will form based on the variation of drop volume, loop spacing and knife depth. Combining the cutting process with an electrofocusing driving force could enable a reproducible biomolecular separation without troubling satellite drop formation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 59 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 10 | 17% |
| United States | 8 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 10% |
| Japan | 3 | 5% |
| France | 3 | 5% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| Comoros | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 21 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 43 | 73% |
| Scientists | 13 | 22% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 44 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 16% |
| Researcher | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 14% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 14 | 32% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 18% |
| Materials Science | 5 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 9% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 102. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 June 2022.
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#2,121
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#75
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So far Altmetric has tracked 226,227 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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