About the Authors

Ryan Yanashima

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Antonio A. García

tony.garcia@asu.edu

Affiliation School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

James Aldridge

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America

Noah Weiss

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Mark A. Hayes

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

James H. Andrews

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RY AAG JA NW MAH JHA. Performed the experiments: RY JA JHA. Analyzed the data: RY AAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RY AAG NW. Wrote the paper: RY AAG MAH. Developed the concepts behind the data analysis by designing and conducting preliminary experiments on drop slicing: AAG JA JHA. Fabrication of zinc and copper blades and data collection for primary experiments and video analysis: RY. Mathematical formulations: RY AAG MAH. Initial inspiration for idea from previous related works: AAG NW MAH. Provided materials to JA and JHA for preliminary experiments: NW MAH. Provided Teflon slides to RY for primary experiments: AAG. Original idea before preliminary experiments: AAG NW MH.