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Elasticity and damping ratio measurement of droplets on super-hydrophobic surfaces

Yukai Sun1, Yelong Zheng1, Le Song1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.

Royal Society Open Science
|March 4, 2022
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Keywords:
damping ratioelasticityrobustnesssuper-hydrophobic surfacesviscosity

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