The wonderland of angstrofluidics

Boya, R and Keerthi, A and Parambath, MS (2024) The wonderland of angstrofluidics. In: Physics Today, 77 (8). pp. 26-33.

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Abstract

Fluids are everywhere. They are the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the blood that flows through our bodies. In nature, water striders seem to defy physics, but they simply combine surface tension of the water with the hydrophobicity of their legs to walk on water. Fluids have unique properties, including surface tension, viscosity, and capillary action, that engineers have taken advantage of to create practical applications, such as reverse osmosis, inkjet printing, and DNA sequencing.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physics Today
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to American Institute of Physics.
Keywords:	Ink jet printing; Reverse engineering; Reverse osmosis, Capillary action; DNA Sequencing; Flowthrough; Ink-jet printing; Property; Water striders, Surface tension
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2024 12:08
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2024 12:08
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/85972

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