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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Yves Fouillet, Voreppe, FR;
Laurent Davoust, Requeil, FR;
Inventors:
Yves Fouillet, Voreppe, FR;
Laurent Davoust, Requeil, FR;
Assignees:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/26 (2006.01); B01F 3/08 (2006.01); B01F 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for forming at least one circulating flow, or vortex, at the surface of a drop of liquid, including at least two first electrodes forming a plane and having edges facing each other, such that the contact line of a drop, deposited on the device and fixed relatively to the device, has a tangent forming, when projected onto the plane of the electrodes, an angle between 0° and 90° with the edges facing each other of the electrodes.