Electrostatic force calculation for an EWOD-actuated droplet

被引：56

作者：

Baird, E. ^{[1
]}

Young, P. ^{[1
]}

Mohseni, K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

来源：

MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS | 2007年 / 3卷 / 06期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD); digital microfluidics; contact angle saturation; ELECTROWETTING-BASED ACTUATION; CONTACT-ANGLE; MICROFLUIDICS; BEHAVIOR; TENSION; FIELDS;

D O I：

10.1007/s10404-006-0147-y

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

This paper examines the electrostatic force on a microdroplet transported via electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD). In contrast with previous publications, this article details the force distribution on the advancing and receding fluid faces, in addition to presenting simple algebraic formulae for the net force in terms of system parameters. Dependence of the force distribution and its integral on system geometry, droplet location, and material properties is described. The consequences of these theoretically and numerically obtained results for design and fabrication of EWOD devices are considered.

引用

页码：635 / 644

页数：10

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