Droplet actuation by electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD): A review

WC Nelson, CJCJ Kim - Journal of Adhesion Science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews publications that have fortified our understanding of the electrowetting-
on-dielectric (EWOD) actuation mechanism. Over the last decade, growing interest in EWOD …

Digital microfluidics: a versatile tool for applications in chemistry, biology and medicine

MJ Jebrail, MS Bartsch, KD Patel - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Digital microfluidics (DMF) has recently emerged as a popular technology for a wide range
of applications. In DMF, nanoliter to microliter droplets containing samples and reagents can …

The digital revolution: a new paradigm for microfluidics

M Abdelgawad, AR Wheeler - Advanced Materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The digital revolution has come to microfluidics. In digital microfluidics (DMF), discrete
droplets are manipulated by applying electrical fields to an array of electrodes. In contrast to …

Continuous electrowetting of non-toxic liquid metal for RF applications

RC Gough, AM Morishita, JH Dang, W Hu… - IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuous electrowetting (CEW) is demonstrated to be an effective actuation mechanism
for reconfigurable radio frequency (RF) devices that use non-toxic liquid-metal tuning …

Triboelectric nanogenerator-based self-powered two-dimensional microfluidic system for biochemical reaction

J Li, Y Zheng, J Qiu, W Niu, J Wu, H Cui, Y Zi, X Li - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Microfluidic systems for biochemical reactions require efficient microfluidic actuation.
However, current microfluidic devices are facing challenges in terms of self-powering and …

Continuous droplet-actuating platforms via an electric field gradient: Electrowetting and liquid dielectrophoresis

I Frozanpoor, MD Cooke, V Ambukan, AJ Gallant… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
This work develops a technology for actuating droplets of any size without the requirement
for high voltages or active control systems, which are typically found in competitive systems …

Exact routing for micro-electrode-dot-array digital microfluidic biochips

O Keszocze, Z Li, A Grimmer, R Wille… - 2017 22nd Asia and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital microfluidics is an emerging technology that provide fluidic-handling capabilities on a
chip. One of the most important issues to be considered when conducting experiments on …

Optimization of device geometry in single-plate digital microfluidics

M Abdelgawad, P Park, AR Wheeler - Journal of Applied Physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Digital microfluidics is a popular tool for lab-on-a-chip applications and is typically
implemented in one of two formats: single-plate (“open”) devices or two-plate (“closed”) …

AIEgens-enhanced rapid sensitive immunofluorescent assay for SARS-CoV-2 with digital microfluidics

Y Zeng, X Gan, Z Xu, X Hu, C Hu, H Ma, H Tu… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Sensitive and rapid antigen detection is critical for the diagnosis and treatment
of infectious diseases, but conventional ELISAs including chemiluminescence-based assays …

Composite Films of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals in a Hydrophobic Fluoropolymer for Temperature Imaging in Digital Microfluidics

Z Lu, Y Li, W Qiu, AL Rogach… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A composite film material that combines CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals with a Hyflon AD
60 fluoropolymer was developed and utilized for high-resolution optical temperature …