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depSolver is a Boundary Element Method solver for Laplace's equation in 3D AC
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electrostatic problems. I originally wrote this program to study the
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characteristics of different dielectrophoretic trap designs. A big advantage of
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using this code to calculate dielectrophoretic forces is that the user can
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specify which approximation to use for the calculation of the force. In this
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manner, without having to change anything in the code, one can use a simple
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dipolar or quadrupolar approximation to quickly explore the force generated on a
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sphere over a large volume of space, or use the more general calculation based
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on the integration of the Maxwell's stress tensor over an arbitrarily shaped
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particle.
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depSolver is convenient for dielectrophoretic force calculations, but it is in
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no way limited to them. It can be used to solve a wide variety of electrostatic
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problems as long as they involve conductors were the electric potential is
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specified and all dielectrics in the system can be considered as piecewise
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homogeneous.
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