Electrowetting-based actuation of liquid droplets for microfluidic applications

By M. Pollack, Richard B. Fair, A. Shenderov. 2000

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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Microvalves and Micropumps for BioMEMS (2011, background): “Fair’s group developed a sandwich design in 2000 [106] in which the fluid is located between two parallel plates (Figure 35).”
Two-phase microfluidic flows (2011, methodology): “In the digital microfluidic architecture, discrete droplet units are manipulated individually by programmable fluidic operations using an array of elemental components through various mechanisms, such as electrowetting (Pollack et al., 2000), dielectrophoresis (Gascoyne et al.”
Electrowetting: from basics to applications (2005, background): “The reliability of droplet actuation is frequently improved by a zigzag design of the electrode edges [101].”
Electrowetting-based on-chip sample processing for integrated microfluidics (2003, methodology): “[ 6 ], forms the basis of the work reported here.”
PRINCIPLES OF MICROFLUIDIC ACTUATION BY MODULATION OF SURFACE STRESSES (2005, methodology): “Molecular dynamics simulations were recently used to explore the origin and dynamic response of the slip length (Barrat & Bocquet 1999, Priezjev & Troian 2004, Thompson & Troian 1997); these results have yet to be incorporated into continuum models.”
Electrowetting and electrowetting-on-dielectric for microscale liquid handling (2002, neutral): “&+ K" K K " K " K " K " K " K 3" 92 *2" $A& 0 + $A& # ## 7J I + $;&+ K" K K " K " K " K " K " K " $B& % # 89;:+ * 9 " 6 $93& + 2+ % # # /# D $ & # 1 * 6 $ & * ## 6 $ & * # + + ;+ ( * D $ & # 1 * 6 $ & + * * " * + 0 + $B& + $93& " K $ #& " K " $ # & " K " $ & * K # $99& /# ## # + ;$ &+ L ## + + +…”
Light actuation of liquid by optoelectrowetting (2003, background): “The optoelectrowetting surface is realized by integrating a photoconductive material underneath a two-dimensional array of electrowetting electrodes.”
Digital microfluidics: is a true lab-on-a-chip possible? (2007, background): “Manipulation of droplets can occur through various mechanisms, including electrowetting (Pollack et al. 2000; Lee et al. 2001; Cho et al. 2002), dielectrophoresis (Gascoyne and Vykoukal 2004), thermocapillary transport (Anton et al. 2003), and surface acoustic wave transport (Renaudin et al. 2004).”