Surface-tension-driven microactuation based on continuous electrowetting

By Junghoon Lee, Chang-Jin Kim. Journal of microelectromechanical systems, 2000

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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Microfluidics: Fluid physics at the nanoliter scale (2005, methodology): “…micropumps Colgate and Matsumoto, 1990; Jun and Kim, 1998; Yun et al., 2002 , creation, manipulation, and metering of fluid droplets Lee and Kim, 2000; Pollack et al., 2000; Lee, Moon, et al., 2002; Cho, Moon, and Kim, 2003; Kuo et al., 2003; Ren et al., 2004 , and chemical…”
Electrowetting: from basics to applications (2005, methodology): “Kim et al [117, 118] created a number of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) applications based on the continuous electrowetting effect that was also used earlier by Beni et al [114–116].”
The centrifugal microfluidic Bio-Disk platform (2007, methodology): “Various application platforms have been proposed, among them electrokinetic systems [1], dropletbased electrowetting [2], large-scale integrated peristaltic systems [3] and hydrophobic venting [4].”
Thermocapillary actuation of droplets on chemically patterned surfaces by programmable microheater arrays (2003, background): “Most propulsion mechanisms rely on internal flows [1]–[5] but some investigators are exploring advantages inherent in exterior flow using electrowetting [6], [7] and dielectrophoresis for droplet actuation [8].”
Circular Beam-Steering Reconfigurable Antenna With Liquid Metal Parasitics (2012, methodology): “Finally, the use of mercury can be replaced by Galinstan, a non-toxic liquid metal with similar properties suitable for EWOD applications [33].”
Towards digital microfluidic circuits: creating, transporting, cutting and merging liquid droplets by electrowetting-based actuation (2002, background): “Compared with thermocapillary [2], the electrical control of surface tension is much more advantageous for microfluid actuations [3-8], because of its negligibly low power consumption.”
A surface-tension driven micropump for low-voltage and low-power operations (2002, methodology): “trolyte interface, is the solution impedance, and is the impedance of the mercury drop region [17].”
Controlled multibatch self-assembly of microdevices (2003, background): “Surface tension, capable of driving different micro scale motions for various applications: high-resolution wet printing [13], [14]; a liquid-metal micromotor [15];”