Microfluidic mixing through electrowetting-induced droplet oscillations
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Characterization of the Heat Transfer Accompanying Electrowetting-Induced Droplet Motion
Electrowetting (EW) involves the actuation of liquid droplets using electric fields and has been demonstrated as a powerful tool for initiating and controlling droplet-based microfluidic operations such as droplet transport, generation, splitting, merging and mixing. The heat transfer resulting from EW-induced droplet actuation has, however, remained largely unexplored owing to several challeng...
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