Estimation of the thermocapillary force and its applications to precise droplet control on a microfluidic chip

Abstract Droplet control through the use of light-induced thermocapillary effects has recently garnered attention due to its non-intrusive and multifunctional nature. An important issue in droplet control is the estimation of the thermocapillary force. The purpose of the present study is to estimate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: By June Won, Wooyoung Lee, Simon Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03028-w