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High-resolution Patterning Using Two Modes of Electrohydrodynamic Jet: Drop on Demand and Near-field Electrospinning
Published on: July 10, 2018
Singularity during the onset of an electrohydrodynamic spout
1The James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Abstract:
When one applies a sufficiently large electrical field normal to the surface of a conducting liquid the fluid rises in a spout to form a jet leaving the surface. Using high-speed photography, we have studied the development of this electrohydrodynamical spout and found that its curvature and height can be scaled with respect to a critical time indicating the presence of a critical point in the dynamics underlying the instability.
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