A highly flexible superhydrophobic microlens array with small contact angle hysteresis for droplet-Based microfluidics

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 475-478

  Im, Maesoon ^a   Kim, Dong Haan ^a   Huan, Xing Jiu ^b   Lee, Joo Hyung ^a   Yoon, Jun Bo ^a   Choi, Yang Kyu ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTROWETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC ACTUATIONS; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; LOW FLOW; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; MICROFLUIDIC COMPONENTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POWER CONSUMPTION; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROLENSES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SILICONES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 65949117634     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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