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Article: Research from University of California provides new data about life sciences.
- Article from:
- Science Letter
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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"Electric fields induce motion in many fluid systems, including polymer melts(1), surfactant micelles(2) and colloidal suspensions(3). Likewise, electric fields can be used to move liquid drops(4)," scientists in the United States report (see also Life Sciences).
"Electrically induced droplet motion manifests itself in processes as diverse as storm cloud formation(5), commercial ink-jet printing(6), petroleum and vegetable oil dehydration(7), electrospray ionization for use in mass spectrometry(8), electrowetting(9) and lab-on-a-chip manipulations(10). An important issue in practical applications is the tendency for adjacent drops to coalesce, and oppositely ...