Fundamentals and applications of electrowetting: A critical review

Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-174

  Zhao, Ya Pu ^a   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cell based digital microfluidics; Coffee stain ring; Curvature effect; Elasto electro capillarity (EEC); Electronic display; Electrowetting (EW); Electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD); Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM); Lippmann Young (L Y) equation; Liquid lens; Micro Total Analysis Systems ( TAS); Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations; Phase field model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; DROP FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

CELL-BASED; CELL-BASED DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC; COFFEE STAIN RING; COFFEE STAINS; CURVATURE EFFECT; ELASTO-ELECTRO-CAPILLARITY; ELECTRO-WETTING ON DIELECTRICS; ELECTRONIC DISPLAY; ELECTROWETTING; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS; ELECTROWETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LIPPMANN-YOUNG EQUATION; LIQUID LENS; MICRO TOTAL ANALYSE SYSTEM (Μ-TAS); MICRO TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM (Μ-TAS); PHASE FIELD MODELS; YOUNG'S EQUATION;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 84897523268     PISSN: 21680965     EISSN: 21680973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7569/RAA.2013.097304     Document Type: Article

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