Ultra-low-voltage electrowetting

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 14885-14890

  Kornyshev, A A ^a   Kucernak, A R ^a   Marinescu, M ^a   Monroe, C W ^a,b   Sleightholme, A E S ^a,b   Urbakh, M ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; DIELECTRIC LAYER; ELECTRO WETTING; ELECTRO-WETTING ON DIELECTRICS; IMMISCIBLE ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTIONS; LIQUID INTERFACE; LIQUID/LIQUID INTERFACE; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PORTABLE DEVICE; SHAPE DEFORMATION; ULTRA-LOW-VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE LOSS; VOLTAGE REQUIREMENT; VOLTAGE VARIATION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WETTING;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 78650594342     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp101051e     Document Type: Article

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