Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Enhancing droplet deposition through in-situ precipitation

  • Maher Damak,
  • Md Nasim Hyder,
  • Kripa K. Varanasi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12560
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The extensive use of pesticides in agriculture calls for efficient spraying techniques to reduce pollution of soils and groundwater by toxic chemicals. Damak et al. simultaneously spray liquids containing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes that form defects, pinning droplets on targeted surfaces.