Optically induced electrohydrodynamic instability-based micro-patterning of fluidic thin films

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1097-1106

  Wang, Feifei ^a,b   Yu, Haibo ^a   Liang, Wenfeng ^a,b   Liu, Lianqing ^a   Mai, John D ^c   Lee, Gwo Bin ^a,d   Li, Wen Jung ^a,c  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamic instability; Micro pillars; Optically induced electrokinetics; Thin film patterning

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GLASS; INDIUM; MICROCHANNELS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; INTER-PILLAR SPACINGS; LATERAL ELECTRIC FIELD; MICRO-PILLARS; OPTICALLY INDUCED; PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITORS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; THIN-FILM PATTERNING;

SILICONES;

EID: 84904744195     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1271-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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