Using electrowetting to control interface motion in patterned microchannels

2010/04/23 by Bortolo Matteo Mognetti, B. M. Mognetti, Julia M. Yeomans +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies #FOS: Physical sciences #Micro and Nano Robotics #Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #cond-mat.soft

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1004.4121

to appear in Soft Matter

arxiv created 2010/04/23 · openalex publication_date 2010/04/23 · arxiv updated 2010/04/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

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.

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