Splitting a liquid droplet for electrowetting-based microfluidics

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Micro-Electromechanical Systems Division Publication (MEMS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 207-213

  Cho, Sung Kwon ^a   Moon, Hyejin ^a   Fowler, Jesse ^a   Kim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet split; Electrowetting; Electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD); Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

DROPLET SPLIT; ELECTROWETTING; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRIC (EWOD); MICROFLUIDICS;

CAPACITANCE; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUIDICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1542432815     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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