Fabrication of complex three-dimensional microchannel systems in PDMS

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 554-559

  Wu, Hongkai ^a   Odom, Teri W ^a   Chiu, Daniel T ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCHANNEL SYSTEMS;

FABRICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY;

POLYMERS;

DIMETICONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; MICROCHEMISTRY; MINIATURIZATION; SILICONES;

EID: 0037438528     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja021045y     Document Type: Article

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