Reversible electrowetting of liquid-metal droplet

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-394

  Wan, Zhiliang ^a   Zeng, Hongjun ^a   Feinerman, Alan ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Electrowetting; Hysteresis; Liquid metal; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

ELECTROWETTING; ELECTROWETTING ACTUATION; PARYLENE FILM; TANTALUM OXIDE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DIELECTRIC FILMS; DROPS; HYSTERESIS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

LIQUID METALS;

EID: 34248147435     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2436582     Document Type: Article

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