AC-electric-field-controlled multi-component droplet coalescence at microscale
Weidong Fang, Zhi Tao, Haiwang Li, Shuai Yin, Tiantong Xu, Yi Huang, Teck Neng Wong
Abstract
implementation of the proposed method, where the components of the droplets and the coalescence conditions are well controlled. Our results can serve as a potent methodology to decipher the physics of multi-component droplet electro-coalescence and contribute to applications in chemical synthesis, bioassay and material synthesis.
Topics & Concepts
Microscale chemistryCoalescence (physics)Electric fieldSurface tensionMaterials scienceControllabilityDielectricPermittivityFluidicsVoltageMechanicsCapacitanceElectrodeMicrochannelNanotechnologyConductivityOptoelectronicsChemistryElectrical engineeringPhysicsThermodynamicsEngineeringPhysical chemistryApplied mathematicsQuantum mechanicsAstrobiologyMathematics educationMathematicsInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationElectrowetting and Microfluidic TechnologiesElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics