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Aqueous Droplets Used as Enzymatic Microreactors and Their Electromagnetic Actuation
Published on: August 28, 2017
Control of reflectance of liquid droplets by means of electrowetting
Vincent H Kwong1, Michele A Mossman, Lorne A Whitehead
1Sunnybrook Technologies, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, Canada. vkwong@physics.ubc.ca
Abstract:
It has recently been noted that hemispherical structures have useful reflection characteristics. We describe a new application that makes use of these characteristics by controlling the reflectance of a surface composed of an array of hemispherical liquid droplets. In this system the reflectance state is spatially controlled through the use of electrowetting to alter the shape of an array of droplets. This may have an application in the field of electronic image displays.

