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Abstract
Recent advances in microfluidic technology highlight electrowetting for its programmability and precision. However, traditional electrowetting chips face limitations in scalability due to fixed electrode sizes. Optoelectrowetting (OEW) offers a solution with light-controlled virtual electrodes, but droplet splitting remains challenging. This study introduces a parallel-plate OEW chip, enhancing droplet manipulation and achieving rapid splitting with light-controlled dark stripe electrodes. We proposed the dimensionless parameter η to characterize droplet splitting, and a mathematical model describes key factors influencing controllable splitting, providing valuable design guidelines for OEW chips.
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Langmuir is an interdisciplinary journal publishing articles in the following subject categories:
Colloids: surfactants and self-assembly, dispersions, emulsions, foams
Interfaces: adsorption, reactions, films, forces
Biological Interfaces: biocolloids, biomolecular and biomimetic materials
Materials: nano- and mesostructured materials, polymers, gels, liquid crystals
Electrochemistry: interfacial charge transfer, charge transport, electrocatalysis, electrokinetic phenomena, bioelectrochemistry
Devices and Applications: sensors, fluidics, patterning, catalysis, photonic crystals
However, when high-impact, original work is submitted that does not fit within the above categories, decisions to accept or decline such papers will be based on one criteria: What Would Irving Do?
Langmuir ranks #2 in citations out of 136 journals in the category of Physical Chemistry with 113,157 total citations. The journal received an Impact Factor of 4.384*.
This journal is also indexed in the categories of Materials Science (ranked #1) and Multidisciplinary Chemistry (ranked #5).
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