Superhydrophobic Droplet Logic: Computing with Water Droplets
A recent article by Mertaniemi et al. gains national and international media attention.
A recent article published by Mertaniemi et al. of Molecular Materials Research Groups in Advanced Materialshas gained national and international media attention, as it shows a new concept for computing, using water droplets as bits of digital information (see the videos below).
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Original article: Mertaniemi H., Forchheimer R., Ikkala O., Ras R.H.A., Rebounding droplet-droplet collisions on superhydrophobic surfaces: from the phenomenon to droplet logic, Advanced Materials, ASAP (2012).
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