Resistance of droplets sliding by EWOD actuation

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2014-2017

  Nelson, Wyatt ^a   Sen, Prosenjit ^a   Kim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Droplet resistance; Dynamic contact angle; Electrowetting; Electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRO WETTING; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; RESISTANCE FORCE; RESISTIVE FORCES; SOLID SURFACE; TRANSITION POINT;

ACTUATORS; CALCIUM; CONTACT ANGLE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DROP FORMATION; MICROSYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; ROLLING RESISTANCE;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449120025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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