The nonlinear phenomena of thin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films in electrowetting

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 519-526

  Dai, Wei ^a   Zhao, Ya Pu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Electrowetting; Electrowetting on dielectric; Lippmann Young equation; Polydimethlsiloxane

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248975643     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2007.8.4.519     Document Type: Article

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