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In previous chapters, surface tension effects have been extensively detailed. This chapter extends these to take into account gas menisci instead of liquid menisci. Fundamental difference relies in the fact that the meniscus volume is not constant anymore, but now obeys the gas law. This chapter presents how to adapt the models, and discusses also issues about stability of a gas bubble generation. A dimensionless study is presented to predict instability. The experimental validation of the proposed model is also given. Finally, we also present a microrobotic application of this concept.
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The author would like to thank the BRIC from Université libre de Bruxelles, and PHC-Tournesol funding (WBI-FNRS Egide) for their financial support.
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Lenders, C. (2013). Surface Tension Effects in Presence of Gas Compliance. In: Lambert, P. (eds) Surface Tension in Microsystems. Microtechnology and MEMS. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37552-1_5
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