Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation of Droplet Oscillations in AC Electrowetting
Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation of Droplet Oscillations in AC Electrowetting
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DOI：
10.1163/156856111x600217
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发表时间：
2012-08
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Zhen Li;Zhe-wei Zhou;Guohui Hu
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作者：
Zhen Li;Zhe-wei Zhou;Guohui Hu
Abstract A mesoscopic model is developed to investigate the oscillations of a sub-micrometer droplet in AC electrowetting based on dissipative particle dynamics. To simulate the effects of the applied AC voltage, we vary the interaction between the solid and liquid particles aiming to recover the contact angles obeying the Lippmann–Young equation. The low frequency flow obtained in the present study is consistent qualitatively with previous experimental measurement. For the intermediate frequency voltage, generally no significant movement is found inside the droplet except fluid oscillatory motion near the contact line. The contact line dynamics is investigated as well, in which the results show the hysteresis phenomenon of contact line movement, and the phase difference between the applied voltage variation and the contact line oscillation generally increases with the AC frequency except for some resonance frequencies. Furthermore, the amplitude of the contact line is found to decrease linearly on a logarithmic scale with the applied frequency.
