論文

査読有り
2013年10月

Back-and-forth micromotion of aqueous droplets in a dc electric field

PHYSICAL REVIEW E
  • Tomo Kurimura
  • ,
  • Masatoshi Ichikawa
  • ,
  • Masahiro Takinoue
  • ,
  • Kenichi Yoshikawa

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.88.042918
出版者・発行元
AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Recently, it was reported that an aqueous droplet in an oil phase exhibited rhythmic back-and-forth motion under stationary dc voltage on the order of 100 V. Here, we demonstrate that the threshold voltage for inducing such oscillation is successfully decreased to the order of 10 V through downsizing of the experimental system. Notably, the threshold electric field tends to decrease with a nonlinear scaling relationship accompanied by the downsizing. We derive a simple theoretical model to interpret the system size dependence of the threshold voltage. This model equation suggests the unique effect of additional noise, which is qualitatively characterized as a coherent resonance by an actual experiment as a kind of coherent resonance. Our result would provide insight into the construction of micrometer-sized self-commutating motors and actuators in microfluidic and micromechanical devices.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.88.042918
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24229260
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000326116800016&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886677189&partnerID=MN8TOARS
URL
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-2106
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.042918
  • ISSN : 1539-3755
  • eISSN : 1550-2376
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 46981157
  • PubMed ID : 24229260
  • SCOPUS ID : 84886677189
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000326116800016

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