Optical beam steering using liquid-based devices

Y Cheng, J Cao, Q Hao - Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-mechanical optical beam steering has received extraordinary attention in recent
decades because it can steer a beam to a desired direction or location without moving parts …

Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD): Current perspectives and applications in ensuring food safety

SR Barman, I Khan, S Chatterjee… - Journal of Food and …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Digital microfluidic (DMF) platforms have contributed immensely to the development of
multifunctional lab-on-chip systems for performing complete sets of biological and analytical …

Airborne Acoustic Vortex End Effector‐Based Contactless, Multi‐Mode, Programmable Control of Object Surfing

T Li, J Li, L Bo, MR Brooks, Y Du, B Cai… - Advanced Materials …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tweezers based on optical, electric, magnetic, and acoustic fields have shown great
potential for contactless object manipulation. However, current tweezers designed for …

Dual interface trapezium liquid prism with beam steering function

S Tun, YR Zhao, JB Xu, XW Li, C Liu, QH Wang - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, a dual interface trapezium liquid prism with beam steering function is
implemented and analyzed. The electrowetting-on-dielectric method is used to perform the …

[HTML][HTML] Tilting micromirror platform based on liquid dielectrophoresis

I Frozanpoor, M Cooke, D Alvarez-Ruiz… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents an electrically actuated tilting micro platform based on liquid
dielectrophoresis with three axes movement using three droplets situated 120° apart from …

3D Spatial Focal Control by Arrayed Optofluidic Prisms

CH Lee, Y Lee, SY Park - 2023 IEEE 36th International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new 3D focal control system composed of arrayed optofluidic prisms is presented.
Through dynamic control of the fluid-fluid interface via electrowetting, incoming rays are …

Investigation into the optoelectrowetting droplet transport mechanism

T Wu, T Wang, X He, J Zhao, H Yan, T Zhou… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To explore the optoelectronic wetting droplet transport mechanism, a transient numerical
model of optoelectrowetting (OEW) under the coupling of flow and electric fields is …

Evaporation-triggered directional transport of asymmetrically confined droplets

X He, J Cheng - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypothesis When a liquid droplet is confined between two non-parallel hydrophobic
surfaces with dihedral angle α, its behavior is largely influenced by the asymmetric …

Design and Measurement of a Two-Dimensional Beam-Steerable Metasurface for Ka-Band Communication Systems

D Rotshild, D Rozban, G Kedar, A Etinger… - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study introduces a steerable metasurface reflector designed for the Ka-band, enabling
one-dimensional and two-dimensional beam steering. The paper elaborates on the design …

Influence of the Ground Electrode on the Dynamics of Electrowetting

I Khan, S Castelletto, G Rosengarten - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ability to manipulate a liquid meniscus using electrowetting has many applications. In
any electrowetting design, at least two electrodes are required: one forms the field to change …