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- Title
Photo‐Induced Electric Field Effects on Water Droplets Generated in a LiNbO<sub>3</sub> Opto‐Microfluidic Platform.
- Authors
Bragato, Giovanni; Zaltron, Annamaria; Zanardi, Michele; Zamboni, Riccardo; De Ros, Maddalena; Sada, Cinzia
- Abstract
In this work, droplets elongation as a result of the photo‐induced photovoltaic electric field is presented and modeled. Moving water droplets are generated in microfluidics channels by means of a droplet‐based opto‐microfluidic platform integrated in lithium niobate (LN). A cross‐junction is engraved on the substrate as droplets generator, on top of which a z‐cut iron‐doped lithium niobate (Fe:LN) crystal is placed in order to build up photo‐induced electric field as a result of photovoltaic effect promoted upon suitable illumination. Droplets detection is realized by optical waveguides, designed in a Mach‐Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) configuration on the same substrate. The dynamics of droplet elongation is investigated, highlighting the impact of the photovoltaic electric field on the droplet dimension and surface tension.
- Subjects
LITHIUM niobate; OPTICAL waveguides; ELECTRIC fields; SURFACE tension; PHOTOVOLTAIC effect; ELECTRIC field effects
- Publication
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
2196-7350
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/admi.202301008