Abstract
A digital microfluidic platform has been developed to manipulate droplets on the basis of electrowetting. It results in an innovative influence on biomedical applications. In this article, we modified the conventional layout to a form of single-side electrode induction electrowetting (SEI-EW), so that more applications could be included through the open-architecture system. So far, the fundamental analysis of revised Lippmann-Young equation and droplet actuation on the one-dimensional electrodes were investigated. The results indicated that the state of the art design of SEI-EW could be greatly promoted its applicability by using dual-mask fabrication and in-equalizing the sizes of energized and grounded electrodes.