@inproceedings{822778759a544e38b13291dd61388724,
title = "A low-voltage droplet manipulation via tunable wetting on a polypyrrole(DBS) surface",
abstract = "The electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) technique has been used to manipulate microliter-sized individual droplets for microfluidic applications. However, EWOD-based techniques typically require relatively high actuation voltages (12-80V), which is undesirable for biomedical applications or applications including on-site operation. In this work, we studied a new mechanism of liquid droplet manipulation at low voltages (< 1.5 V) by utilizing tunable wetting on a dodecylbenzenesulfonate doped polypyrrole (PPy(DBS)) surface. In particular, manipulations of a liquid droplet on both a PPy(DBS) coated plate and in a microchannel configuration were studied. A quasi-lateral transport of the droplet in a slightly tilted microchannel has also been demonstrated.",
keywords = "Droplet manipulation, Microfluidics, Polypyrrole, Tunable wetting",
author = "W. Xu and Y. Tian and H. Bisaria and P. Ahn and X. Li and Tsai, {Y. T.} and Choi, {C. H.} and Yang, {E. H.}",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781482205848",
series = "Technical Proceedings of the 2013 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2013",
pages = "322--325",
booktitle = "Technical Proceedings of the 2013 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2013",
note = "Nanotechnology 2013: Electronics, Devices, Fabrication, MEMS, Fluidics and Computational - 2013 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2013 ; Conference date: 12-05-2013 Through 16-05-2013",
}