Control of evaporating complex fluids through electrowetting

Dileep Mampallil Augustine, Burak Eral, Henricus T.M. van den Ende, Friedrich Gunther Mugele

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Abstract

Evaporating drops of complex fluids such as colloidal suspensions and macromolecular solutions typically leave behind ring-shaped solid residues commonly known as coffee stains. Electrowetting-driven microfluidic flows allow for controlling this process. We present coffee stain suppression for colloidal suspensions of variable concentration and particle size and we demonstrate an improved sample preparation method for MALDI mass spectrometry
Original languageUndefined
Pages (from-to)10614-10617
Number of pages3
JournalSoft matter
Volume8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • IR-83214
  • METIS-288912

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