Jumping velocity of an electrowetting-actuated droplet: A theoretical and numerical study

J Du, NT Chamakos, AG Papathanasiou, Y Li, Q Min - Physical Review Fluids, 2021 - APS
Electrowetting-induced detachment of liquid droplets has application prospects in self-
cleaning and digital microfluidics. Although several models have been provided to estimate …

Physics Informed Neural Network application on mixing and heat transfer in combined electroosmotic-pressure driven flow

A Merdasi, S Ebrahimi, X Yang, R Kunz - Chemical Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current research, different architectures of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs)
are implemented to investigate the mixed electroosmotic pressure driven (EOF/PD) flow in …

Heat transfer of power-law fluids under electrowetting actuation in structured microchannels

R Izadi, A Merdasi, A Moosavi - International Communications in Heat and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamics and heat transfer performance of droplets play an important role in
electrowetting systems. Contrary to the growing trend towards non-Newtonian fluids in …

Curvature effect of electrowetting-induced droplet detachment

K Xiao, CX Wu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Harnessing detachment of an aqueous droplet via electrowetting on a flat surface has been
of considerable interest for potential practical applications, ranging from self-cleaning to …

Droplet ejection by electrowetting actuation

Q Vo, T Tran - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Fast contact-line motion of a droplet spreading on a solid substrate under the electrowetting
effect generates strong capillary waves on the droplet's surface. The capillary waves may be …

Regulating droplet rebound by square-pulse electrowetting techniques

J Du, Y Li, X Wang, L Sun, Q Min - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Electrowetting presents a powerful technique for manipulating droplets, but its potential to
enhance post-impact droplet rebound remains insufficiently understood and underutilized. In …

Self-propelled drops on hydrophilic microfinned surfaces

Q Zhou, Z Jia, X Xiong, J Wang, X Dai - Surface Innovations, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Straight and curved hydrophilic microfinned surfaces are prepared in this work by
photolithography and sputtering coating techniques using silicon wafers as substrates. The …

Critical condition for electrowetting-induced detachment of a droplet from a curved surface

K Xiao, CX Wu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.07255, 2020 - arxiv.org
Based on energy conservation, we derive a critical condition theoretically for
electrowettinginduced droplet detachment from a hydrophobic curved surface. Phase …