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SUMMARY:Engineering below the capillary length 
DTSTART:20111222T090000
DTSTAMP:20260407T105507Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Pierre Lambert\, Université Libre de Bruxelles\nSurface
  tension effects play an important role in microsystems smaller than the s
 o-called \ncapillary length. Among the possible applications\, literature 
 mentions fluid lens\, capillary \ngripping and self-assembly\, sealing\, a
 ctuation through rotary micro-motors and bubble…\nScientific issues conc
 ern the coupling of surface tension and nanoscale (capillary adhesion \ndu
 e to humidity)\, compliance (bubble actuation)\, mechanics and fluid mecha
 nics (capillary \nforces exerted by liquid bridges)\, electrostatics and d
 roplets generation (electrowetting and \nliquid dielectrophoresis). Other 
 scientific and technological issues are related to liquid and \nsurface en
 gineering. This presentation will briefly present applications of surface 
 tension \nwhich can be related to surface science\, microrobotics\, micro-
 assembly and microfluidics.
LOCATION: MEB010 
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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