Droplet transportation using a pre-charging method for digital microfluidics

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-827

  Choi, Kyungyong ^a   Im, Maesoon ^b   Choi, Ji Min ^a   Choi, Yang Kyu ^a  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital microfluidics; Pre charging; Single plate structure

Indexed keywords

CHARGED STATE; DIELECTRIC LAYER; DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; DRIVING VOLTAGES; DROPLET TRANSPORT; LOW VOLTAGES; NEGATIVE VOLTAGE; POSITIVE VOLTAGE; PRE-CHARGING;

DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84858968622     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0921-3     Document Type: Article

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