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Interplay of electrokinetic effects in nonpolar solvents for electronic paper displays.
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Journal of colloid and interface science [J Colloid Interface Sci] 2024 Jul; Vol. 665, pp. 263-273. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 07. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Hypothesis: Electronic paper displays rely on electrokinetic effects in nonpolar solvents to drive the displacement of colloidal particles within a fluidic cell. While Electrophoresis (EP) is a well-established and frequently employed phenomenon, electro-osmosis (EO), which drives fluid flow along charged solid surfaces, has not been studied as extensively. We hypothesize that by exploiting the interplay between these effects, an enhanced particle transport can be achieved.<br />Experiments: In this study, we experimentally investigate the combined effects of EP and EO for colloidal particles in non-polar solvents, driven by an electric field. We use astigmatism micro-particle tracking velocimetry (A-μPTV) to measure the motion of charged particles within model fluidic cells. Using a simple approach that relies on basic fluid flow properties we extract the contributions due to EP and EO, finding that EO contributes significantly to particle transport. The validity of our approach is confirmed by measurements on particles with different magnitudes of charge, and by comparison to numerical simulations.<br />Findings: We find that EO flows can play a dominant role in the transport of particles in electrokinetic display devices. This can be exploited to speed up particle transport, potentially yielding displays with significantly faster switching times.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1095-7103
- Volume :
- 665
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of colloid and interface science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38485631
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.194