This paper reviews the past and recent studies on thermocapillarity in relation to
microfluidics. The role of thermocapillarity as the change of surface tension due to …

Microparticle manipulation is mainly needed in several applications like bioanalysis,
disease diagnosis, self-cleaning surfaces, as well as drug delivery. The movement of …

Digital microfluidic (DMF) devices manipulate minuscule droplets through basic fluidic
operations including droplet transport, mixing and splitting commonly known as the building …

Taxis has been reported in many cells and microorganisms, due to their tendency to migrate
toward favorable physical situations and avoid damage and death. Thermotaxis and …

In this study, a screen-printing technique is utilized to fabricate a wettability-gradient surface
on a copper substrate. The pattern definitions on the copper surface were freely fabricated to …

Fast and efficient mixing of reagents and bioassays is of great importance in micro total
analysis systems and in particular, open-surface microfluidics. This is the first study of …

To understand the motion behavior of interfacial droplets subjected to a temperature
gradient, we built a simulation strategy integrated the phase field theory and the continuum …

The effective operation of a digital microfluidic (DMF) device depends on its ability to actuate
droplets. Pulse width modulation of actuating signals (DC pulse train actuation) is proposed …

Digital microfluidic (DMF) devices can be used to perform complete chemical or biochemical
analysis on miniscule droplets; thus they have the potential to replace large and expensive …

Design of a closed-loop droplet position control is an essential step towards the
development of fully automated digital microfluidic devices. However, the performance of …