Dielectric materials for electrowetting-on-dielectric actuation

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 449-460

  Liu, Hong ^a   Dharmatilleke, Saman ^b   Maurya, Devendra K ^a   Tay, Andrew A O ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b Innovative Nano Systems Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; CONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWNS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; DIELECTRIC THICKNESS; ELECTROWETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC ACTUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; PURE WATER; SILICON OIL; THRESHOLD POTENTIAL; TUNABILITIES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOLAYERS;

DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 73349097530     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-009-0933-z     Document Type: Review

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