Electrowetting
This project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
The project investigated the process of electrowetting, which is a deceptively simple phenomenon: it is the reduction in contact angle of a liquid on application of an applied potential. This phenomenon has important applications in “lab-on-a-chip” devices, and adjustable lenses and displays, however the fundamental aspects of its operation are still poorly understood. We have discovered recently that reversible electrowetting can be observed at very low voltages using basal-plane graphite substrates. The current project is building on these initial observations and has developed a framework to achieve a far better understanding of the electrowetting phenomenon.
References:
http://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c13630