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ArticleMicromachines2022

Contactless Micro-Droplet Manipulation of Liquid Released from a Parallel Plate to an Open Region in Electrowetting-on-Dielectric Platform.

Yii-Nuoh Chang, Da-Jeng Yao

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Article in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yii-Nuoh ChangInstitute of NanoEngineering and MicroSystems, College of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Da-Jeng YaoDepartment of Power Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-6631-780X

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology MOST 108-2221-E-007-031-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) platform, the transfer of droplets from the EWOD boundary region (top plate and bottom plate) to the open region is challenging. The challenge is due to the resistance-like surface tension, friction from the top-plate edge, and the so-called boundary. For this purpose, we designed the top plate to minimize the friction resistance at the boundary. The experiment focused on Gibb's formula and successfully transferred the liquid droplet between the top plate and bottom plate boundary region under a high voltage environment. The threshold voltage for the successful transportation of the droplet between the boundary is 250 V which provides strong pressure to drive the droplet.

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curved channeldroplet manipulationEWOD

Identifiers

PMID35744512
PMCPMC9227017

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