Engineering below the capillary length
Event details
| Date | 22.12.2011 |
| Hour | 09:00 |
| Speaker | Prof. Pierre Lambert, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Location |
MEB010
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Surface tension effects play an important role in microsystems smaller than the so-called
capillary length. Among the possible applications, literature mentions fluid lens, capillary
gripping and self-assembly, sealing, actuation through rotary micro-motors and bubble…
Scientific issues concern the coupling of surface tension and nanoscale (capillary adhesion
due to humidity), compliance (bubble actuation), mechanics and fluid mechanics (capillary
forces exerted by liquid bridges), electrostatics and droplets generation (electrowetting and
liquid dielectrophoresis). Other scientific and technological issues are related to liquid and
surface engineering. This presentation will briefly present applications of surface tension
which can be related to surface science, microrobotics, micro-assembly and microfluidics.
Practical information
- General public
- Free