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A phase field model in electrowetting and related phenomena
Author(s) -
Eck C.,
Fontelos M.,
Grün G.,
Klingbeil F.,
Vantzos O.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200700885
Subject(s) - electrowetting , wetting , electric field , cahn–hilliard equation , field (mathematics) , mechanics , electrostatics , phase (matter) , physics , voltage , thermodynamics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , partial differential equation
The term electrowetting is commonly used for some techniques to change the shape and wetting behaviour of liquid droplets by the application of electric fields and charges. We developand analyze a model for electrowetting that combines the Navier‐Stokes system for fluid flow, a phase‐field model of Cahn‐Hilliard type for the movement of the interface, a charge transport equation, and the potential equation of electrostatics. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)