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September 22, 2006

Order Transitions in Electrosprays

Order Transitions in Electrosprays

Fast imaging of the Taylor cone and the ejected liquid in an electrospray during the transition from pulsating Taylor cone mode to cone-jet mode.

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under grant CHE 04-15521. Additional information on these transitions can be found in I. Marginean, P. Nemes and A. Vertes, Order-Chaos-Order Transitions in Electrosprays: the Electrified Dripping Faucet, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2006, 97, 064502. (Date of Image: July 27, 2006)

Credit: Reproduced with the permission of the authors; Copyright 2006 Vertes Research Group

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