Surface Wettability (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Surface Wettability

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Researchers can now treat a surface so that a droplet of mercury spreads out on it, instead of beading up.

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Image courtesy of Kyle Wilke, Zhengmao Lu, and Youngsop Song and Evelyn Wang

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