Analysis of Electrowetting of a Conducting Droplet on a Dielectric Layer

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	Analysis of Electrowetting of a Conducting Droplet on a Dielectric Layer
	Yang FQ; Zhao YP(赵亚溥); Yang, FQ (reprint author), Univ Kentucky, Dept Chem & Mat Engn, Mat Program, Lexington, KY 40506 USA.
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
	2014-11-19
卷号	118 期号:46 页码:26859-26865
ISSN	1932-7447
摘要	Electrowetting has been used to actuate and control the motion of droplets on solid surfaces. An analysis based on the theories of thermodynamics and thermal activation processes is presented for the electrowetting of a conducting droplet on a dielectric layer. The concept of release rate of electric energy is proposed. The release rate of electric energy is proportional to the square of the applied electric voltage and the derivative of electric capacitance with respect to the surface area of the corresponding electric system. The velocity of a contact line under the action of an electric voltage is a hyperbolic sine function of the release rate of electric energy. Using the release rate of electric energy and introducing line tension in the analysis, the contact angle of a droplet at a stationary state under the action of a constant electric voltage is found to be a linear function of the release rate of electric energy and the line tension. The line tension introduces the droplet-size effect on the contact angle. A critical contact angle as a function of the applied electric voltage, the thickness of the dielectric layer, and the radius of the contact area is obtained. There exist stable and unstable zones, depending on the relative value of the contact angle and the critical contact angle. There exists an upper bound of electric voltage with the corresponding contact angle of 65.89 degrees between 60 and 70 degrees of the saturated contact angle reported for electrowetting of conducting droplets. This result suggests that the saturation of contact angle likely is related to the condition determining the field-induced stability of the contact line.
学科领域	Chemistry ; Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Materials Science
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收录类别	SCI ; EI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000345474000049
项目资助者	This work is supported by the "Opening fund of State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM)".
课题组名称	LNM纳/微系统力学与物理力学
论文分区	一类
引用统计	被引频次：7[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://dspace.imech.ac.cn/handle/311007/49431
专题	非线性力学国家重点实验室
通讯作者	Yang, FQ (reprint author), Univ Kentucky, Dept Chem & Mat Engn, Mat Program, Lexington, KY 40506 USA.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang FQ,Zhao YP,Yang, FQ . Analysis of Electrowetting of a Conducting Droplet on a Dielectric Layer[J]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C,2014,118,46,:26859-26865.
APA	Yang FQ,Zhao YP,&Yang, FQ .(2014).Analysis of Electrowetting of a Conducting Droplet on a Dielectric Layer.JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C,118(46),26859-26865.
MLA	Yang FQ,et al."Analysis of Electrowetting of a Conducting Droplet on a Dielectric Layer".JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 118.46(2014):26859-26865.

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