The physics of microdroplets / Jean Berthier, CEA/LETI, University of Grenoble, France and Kenneth A. Brakke, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Susquehanna University, USA.
Publisher:
John Wiley & SonsInc ;
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xviii, 369 pages : some colored illustrations ; 27 cm
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Fundamentals of Capillarity -- 2. Minimal Energy and Stability Rubrics -- 3. Droplets: Shape, Surface and Volume -- 4. Sessile Droplets -- 5. Droplets Between Two Non-parallel Planes: from Tapered Planes to Wedges -- 6. Microdrops in Microchannels and Microchambers -- 7. Capillary Effects: Capillary Rise, Capillary Pumping, and Capillary Valve -- 8. Open Microfluidics -- 9. Droplets, particles and Interfaces -- 10. Digital Microfluidics -- 11. Capillary Self-assembly for 3D Microelectronics -- 12. Epilogue.
Summary:
"This book aims to give the reader the theoretical and numerical tools to understand, explain, calculate and predict the often non intuitive, observed behaviour of droplets in microsystems. After a chapter dedicated to the general theory of wetting, the book successively. Presents the theory of 3D liquid interfaces, gives the formulas for volume and surface of sessile and pancake droplets, analyses the behaviour of sessile droplets, analyses the behaviour of droplets between tapered plates and in wedges, presents the behaviour of droplets in microchannels investigates the effect of capillarity with the analysis of capillary rise, treats the onset of spontaneous capillary flow in open microfluidic systems, analyses the interaction between droplets, like engulfment, presents the theory and application of electrowetting"-- Provided by publisher.
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