Title

Thermally-Actuated High Speed Droplet Manipulation Platform

Keywords

Droplet manipulation; Thermocapillary effect

Abstract

A novel thermally-actuated liquid platform for droplet manipulation platform is presented. Droplets are transported on a thin layer of a chemically-inert and thermally stable liquid (carrier liquid) by means of creating and controlling localized deformations on the free surface of the liquid platform using thermal gradients. By creating appropriate spatio-temporal thermal gradient maps, droplets can be transported on predetermined pathways with a high level of controllability and speed. It is shown that droplets carrying different chemicals can be brought in contact and merged together to complete a reaction. © 2011 IEEE.

Publication Date

9-1-2011

Publication Title

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Number of Pages

1484-1487

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969632

Socpus ID

80052136047 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/80052136047

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