A contact angle measurement method for the droplets in EWOD-based chips

Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1071-1075

  Li, Lei ^a   Kang, Wei ^a,b   Ye, Datian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Circle function fitting; Contact angle; EWOD chip; Marker controlled watershed transform

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

CIRCLE FUNCTION FITTING; DROPLET-BASED LABS; EWOD CHIPS; MARKER-CONTROLLED WATERSHED TRANSFORM; SOLID-LIQUID CONTACT ANGLES;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 34548137663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2007.352203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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