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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Joanna Aizenberg, New Providence, NJ (US);
Paul Robert Kolodner, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B01F 11/00 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/0241 (2013.01); B01F 11/0071 (2013.01); B01F 13/0071 (2013.01); B01F 13/0076 (2013.01); Y10T 436/25 (2015.01);
Abstract
A device comprising, a substrate having a droplet thereover, and an electrical source coupleable to the substrate. The electrical source is configured to apply a voltage between the substrate and the droplet using an electrode. The electrode has a first portion and a second portion non-symmetric to the first portion, the first and second portions defined by a plane located normal to a longitudinal axis and through a midpoint of a length of the electrode.