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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 38, Issue 10, 1322(2023)

Transport behavior of liquid droplets based on functional liquid crystal surfaces

Yun-jie DOU, Ze-yu WANG^1、†, Yang WEI^*, Ling-ling MA^**, and Yan-qing LU

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National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures，College of Engineering and Applied Sciences，Nanjing University，Nanjing 210093，China

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Yun-jie DOU, Ze-yu WANG, Yang WEI, Ling-ling MA, Yan-qing LU. Transport behavior of liquid droplets based on functional liquid crystal surfaces[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2023, 38(10): 1322

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jun. 12, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Oct. 25, 2023

The Author Email: Yang WEI (yangwei20630@163.com), Ling-ling MA (malingling@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2023-0211

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