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Contact: Michael Mullaney
mullam@rpi.edu
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Nanofluid Changing Shape

Caption: The contact angle of a droplet of nanofluid solution changes when exposed to an electric field. The phenomenon could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays and other microscale fluidic devices.

Credit: Rensselaer/ Borca-Tasciuc & Ramanath

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