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 …

With the advancement of wireless networks and cloud computing, people are becoming
increasingly surrounded by a variety of displays-rich electronic devices: TV, Phone, Pad …

Electrowetting is a versatile tool for manipulating typically submillimetre-sized drops in
various microfluidic applications. In recent years the microscopic understanding of the …

Electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) has emerged as a powerful tool to electrically
manipulate tiny individual droplets in a controlled manner. Despite tremendous progress …

A hydrodynamic scaling model of droplet actuation in an electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWD)
actuator is presented that takes into account the effects of contact angle hysteresis, drag …

Wetting of carbon surfaces is one of the most widespread, yet poorly understood, physical
phenomena. Control over wetting properties underpins the operation of aqueous energy …

Electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) is simulated by solving the equations of capillary
electrohydrostatics, by the Galerkin/finite element method. Aiming to provide reliable …

Attracting target molecules in solution to electromagnetic hot spots is one of the most
important problems in the application of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). In …

While electrowetting has many applications, it is limited at large voltages by contact angle
saturation, a phenomenon that is still not well understood. We propose a generalized …

This work describes the modeling and simulation of planar electrowetting on dielectric
devices that move fluid droplets by modulating surface tension effects. The fluid dynamics …