About the Authors
- Ryan Yanashima
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Antonio A. García
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* E-mail: tony.garcia@asu.edu
Affiliation School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- James Aldridge
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Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America
- Noah Weiss
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Mark A. Hayes
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- James H. Andrews
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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.