Mechanisms of equilibrium shape transitions of liquid droplets in electrowetting

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 451-459

  Drygiannakis, A I ^a   Papathanasiou, A G ^a   Boudouvis, A G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Drop breakup; Electrowetting; Finite element method; Turning point

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRIDGES; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ELECTRODES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; JOINING; LIQUIDS; MECHANISMS; METALLIZING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLUTIONS; TURNING;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CAPILLARY BRIDGES; CONTACT ANGLE; CRITICAL VOLTAGES; ELECTRODE PLATES; ELECTROWETTING; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE-BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LIQUID BRIDGES; LIQUID DROPLETS; PARAMETER REGIONS; PENDANT DROPS; RELATIVE POSITIONING; SHAPE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTION SPACES; TURNING POINT; TURNING POINTS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROWETTING; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ILLUMINATION; LIQUID; LIQUID DROPLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

EID: 50649103269     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.06.061     Document Type: Article

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