DocumentCode
1875301
Title
Droplets Oscillation and Continuous Pumping by Asymmetric Electrowetting
Author
Wang, Tsu-Te ; Huang, Po-Wen ; Fan, Shih-Kang
Author_Institution
Institute of Nanotechnology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
fYear
2006
fDate
2006
Firstpage
174
Lastpage
177
Abstract
This paper reports a new approach to digital microfluidic systems based on asymmetric electrowetting-on-dielectric (AEWOD) mechanism. On the AEWOD device, droplets can be oscillated or continuously pumped on an open surface by none or limited control electric circuits. This paper presents: (1) the AEWOD phenomenon, (2) droplet oscillation controlled by AEWOD force, and (3) the demonstration of unidirectional and bidirectional droplet pumping on AEWOD device.
Keywords
Circuits; Dielectric liquids; Dielectric substrates; Electrodes; Force control; Microfluidics; Nanotechnology; Packaging; Permittivity; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2006. MEMS 2006 Istanbul. 19th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Istanbul, Turkey
ISSN
1084-6999
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9475-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MEMSYS.2006.1627764
Filename
1627764
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