Induced lateral electric field (ILEF) DC digital microfluidics

This paper reports a low voltage DC digital microfluidics device working in air filler by inducing lateral electric field (ILEF), which enables manipulation of various positively charged and negatively charged polar solutions for biomedical applications in an oil-free digital microfluidic platform while using cheap DC electric power source. Sensitivity of threshold voltage (minimum required voltage for droplet motion) to the polarity of actuation potential and the polarity of droplet solution is also reported for the first time in this paper, by actuating droplets of positive and negative polarity with initial contact angle 85°< θ° < 110°.

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