Title :
Light-Actuated Push/Pull Manipulation of Liquid Droplets
Author :
Krogmann, Florian ; Qu, Hong ; Moench, Wolfgang ; Zappe, Hans
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microsyst. Eng., Freiburg Univ.
Abstract :
An opto-electrowetting system allowing both pushing and pulling a droplet is presented for the first time. Experimentally demonstrated and described theoretically, the technique allows new flexibility in the design of freely-reconfigurable two-dimensional liquid micro-lens arrays
Keywords :
drops; micro-optomechanical devices; microlenses; optical arrays; optical design techniques; wetting; MEMS; light-actuated push-pull manipulation; liquid droplets; opto-electrowetting system; two-dimensional liquid microlens arrays design; Amorphous silicon; Dielectric substrates; Electrodes; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Lighting; Photoconductivity; Size control; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2006. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9562-X
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2006.1708322
