Contact angle hysteresis is an important physical phenomenon. It is omnipresent in nature
and also plays a crucial role in various industrial processes. Despite its relevance, there is a …

This paper reviews publications that have fortified our understanding of the electrowetting-
on-dielectric (EWOD) actuation mechanism. Over the last decade, growing interest in EWOD …

More than one century ago, Lippmann found that capillary forces can be effectively
controlled by external electrostatic forces. As a simple example, by applying a voltage …

Digital microfluidics is an elegant technique based on single droplets for the design,
composition, and manipulation of microfluidic systems. In digital microfluidics, especially in …

Electrowetting (EW) has drawn significant interests due to the potential applications in
electronic displays, lab-on-a-chip microfluidic devices and electro-optical switches, etc …

As the rapid development of medical devices, micropumps have received increasing and
widespread attentions for a variety of healthcare applications. The ongoing challenges for …

This paper describes a MATLAB/C++ finite element toolbox, called FELICITY, for simulating
various types of systems of partial differential equations (eg, coupled elliptic/parabolic …

This study investigates the effects of drop size and viscosity on spreading dynamics,
including response time, maximum velocity, and spreading pattern transition, in response to …

Rose petal mimetic surfaces with ultrahigh water pinning forces have been fabricated via
nanoimprinting process onto three different polymer films. Water pinning forces ranging from …

Electrowetting (EW) is an effective method for droplet manipulation in microfluidics. In
traditional EW, a conductive droplet is actuated, which spreads on a solid substrate …