Superior performance of multilayered fluoropolymer films in low voltage electrowetting

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 592-598

  Papageorgiou, Dimitrios P ^a   Tserepi, Angeliki ^b   Boudouvis, Andreas G ^a   Papathanasiou, Athanasios G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contact angle saturation; Electrowetting on dielectric; Plasma deposited fluorocarbon

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE; APPLIED VOLTAGES; CONTACT ANGLE SATURATION; ELECTRO WETTING; ELECTRO-WETTING ON DIELECTRICS; FLUOROCARBON FILMS; FLUOROPOLYMER; FLUOROPOLYMER FILMS; HIGH RESISTANCE; LEAKAGE CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; LOW VOLTAGES; MATERIAL DEGRADATION; MATERIAL FAILURES; MULTI-LAYERED; OPERATIONAL VOLTAGE; TOP COATING;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITE COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; IMPACT RESISTANCE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

WETTING;

FLUOROCARBON; FLUOROPOLYMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYSIS; FILM; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THICKNESS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84855825550     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.10.035     Document Type: Article

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