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Low pressure improves ink jets

Droplets fired in a vacuum don't splash when they hit a wall.

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  1. XuL., ZhangW. W. & NagelS. R. arXiv Preprint at http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0501149 (2005).

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Ball, P. Low pressure improves ink jets. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050207-1

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