Issue 11, 2010
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Soft Matter

Using electrowetting to control interface motion in patterned microchannels

B. M. Mognetti*a  and  J. M. Yeomans*a  

* Corresponding authors

a The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road Oxford, United Kindom
E-mail: b.mognetti1@physics.ox.ac.uk, j.yeomans1@physics.ox.ac.uk

Abstract

We use mesoscale simulations to demonstrate the feasibility of a novel microfluidic valve, which exploits Gibbs' pinning in microchannels patterned by posts or ridges, together with electrowetting.

Graphical abstract: Using electrowetting to control interface motion in patterned microchannels

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C000791A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jan 2010
Accepted
22 Apr 2010
First published
05 May 2010

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 2400-2402

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