• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 3, 166 (2022)
Dan LIANG, Rui ZHAO*, Zhongcheng LIANG, Meimei KONG, and Tao CHEN
Author Affiliations
  • Center of Optofluidic Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Nanjing 210023, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-022-1113-y Cite this Article
    LIANG Dan, ZHAO Rui, LIANG Zhongcheng, KONG Meimei, CHEN Tao. Electrowetting-driven droplet shrinkage with tunable focus property[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2022, 18(3): 166 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this paper, a non-conductive droplet driven by electrowetting (EW) with planar electrode in surrounding fluid is studied. COMSOL is employed to simulate the evolution of droplet shrinkage and the relative experimental setup is established to monitor the evolution of contact angle and height at different voltages. The droplet contracts inward and the corresponding contact angle/height increase when voltage increases. When the voltage ranges from 50 V to 140 V, the variation of the relative contact angles and height reach up to 118.78° and 3.194 mm, respectively. The system of silicon oil and surrounding liquid propylene glycol (PG) acts as a positive lens, whose focal length varies from 87.153 mm to 42.963 mm.
    LIANG Dan, ZHAO Rui, LIANG Zhongcheng, KONG Meimei, CHEN Tao. Electrowetting-driven droplet shrinkage with tunable focus property[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2022, 18(3): 166
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