A review of digital microfluidics as portable platforms for lab-on a-chip applications

E Samiei, M Tabrizian, M Hoorfar - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Following the development of microfluidic systems, there has been a high tendency towards
developing lab-on-a-chip devices for biochemical applications. A great deal of effort has …

Droplet actuation by electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD): A review

WC Nelson, CJCJ Kim - Journal of Adhesion Science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Digital microfluidics: is a true lab-on-a-chip possible?

RB Fair - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2007 - Springer
The suitability of electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWD) microfluidics for true lab-on-a-chip
applications is discussed. The wide diversity in biomedical applications can be parsed into …

Suppressing the coffee stain effect: how to control colloidal self-assembly in evaporating drops using electrowetting

HB Eral, DM Augustine, MHG Duits, F Mugele - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the influence of electrowetting on the formation of undesired solute residues, so-
called coffee stains, during the evaporation of a drop containing non-volatile solvents …

Electrowetting—From statics to dynamics

L Chen, E Bonaccurso - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Recent progress of electrowetting for droplet manipulation: from wetting to superwetting systems

P Teng, D Tian, H Fu, S Wang - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Many engineering and industrial technologies as well as biological processes are closely
related to surface wettability. The control of surface wettability attracts much attention due to …

A physical perspective on cytoplasmic streaming

RE Goldstein, JW Van De Meent - Interface focus, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Organisms show a remarkable range of sizes, yet the dimensions of a single cell rarely
exceed 100 µm. While the physical and biological origins of this constraint remain poorly …

Fundamental challenges in electrowetting: from equilibrium shapes to contact angle saturation and drop dynamics

F Mugele - Soft Matter, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrowetting is a versatile tool for manipulating typically submillimetre-sized drops in
various microfluidic applications. In recent years the microscopic understanding of the …

[图书][B] Electrowetting: fundamental principles and practical applications

F Mugele, J Heikenfeld - 2019 - books.google.com
Starting from the basic principles of wetting, electrowetting and fluid dynamics all the way up
to those engineering aspects relevant for the development of specific devices, this is a …

Pulsatile flow in microfluidic systems

B Dincau, E Dressaire, A Sauret - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the current knowledge and applications of pulsatile flow in microfluidic
systems. Elements of fluid dynamics at low Reynolds number are first described in the …