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Capillarity

Known as: Capillarities 
The tendendy of a liquid where it contacts a solid to be elevated or depressed, because of the relative attraction of the molecules of the liquid for… 
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2015
2015
Capillary Displacement of Viscous Liquids.
When a capillary tube is brought into contact with a wetting liquid, surface tension forces overcome gravity and the liquid… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Pore‐scale analysis of trapped immiscible fluid structures and fluid interfacial areas in oil‐wet and water‐wet bead packs
The objective of this study is to obtain quantitative evidence of pore-scale immiscible fluid distribution in oil-wet and water… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Capillarity induced folding of elastic sheets
Surface tension forces induced by a liquid droplet are used to bend thin elastic sheets into three dimensional structures. The… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Wetting of carbon nanotubes by aluminum oxide
Most ceramic–carbon nanotube (CNT) composite processing utilizes solid state sintering, hence the concept of wetting of CNTs by… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Fuel-grade ethanol transport and impacts to groundwater in a pilot-scale aquifer tank.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Early in reperfusion, leukocytes alter perfused coronary capillarity and vascular resistance.
Myocardial no-reflow is a critical consequence of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). Recent studies indicate that formed… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Relationship between mitochondrial volume density and capillarity in hamster muscles.
Mitochondrial volume density and lipid droplet-volume density were stereologically determined from electron micrographs of muscle… 
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1983
Highly Cited
1983
The effect of hyperthyroidism on capillarity and oxidative capacity in rat soleus and gastrocnemius muscles.
Muscle fibre composition and capillarity were evaluated in frozen sections stained for myosin ATPase of the soleus and the white… 
1970
1970
A capillarity mechanism for diatom gliding locomotion.
It is proposed that the diatom raphe is a parallel-plate capillary containing a fluid which reacts at the trailing end, turning… 
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1964
Highly Cited
1964
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF CAPILLARIES AS DETERMINANTS OF MYOCARDIAL OXYGEN TENSION.
Blood content per gram of tissue was measured in various regions of the myocardium of the dog, by use of I 131 -labeled albumin… 
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