A proof of the invariance of the contact angle in electrowetting

DOI10.1016/J.MCM.2008.01.009MaRDI QIDQ2389952zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Claire Scheid, Patrick Witomski

Publication date 20 July 2009

Published in Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2669

zbMATH Keywords

electrowettingshape optimizationvariational calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Technical applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A55)

Abstract: We prove the invariance of the contact angle in liquid-solid wetting phenomena : an electrified droplet is spreading on a solid surface. The drop is minimizing its energy. We express the differential of this energy with respect to the shape of the drop and deduce necessary conditions for optimality . By variational method, using well-chosen test functions, we obtain the main result about the contact angle between the drop and the solid.

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