Solvent Compatibility of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Microfluidic Devices

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6544-6554

  Lee, Jessamine Ng ^a   Park, Cheolmin ^a,b   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; OLIGOMERS; SOLUBILITY;

MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROREACTORS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ACETONITRILE; DIISOPROPYLAMINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIMETICONE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NITROMETHANE; PENTANE; PERFLUORODECALIN; PERFLUOROTRIBUTYLAMINE; PROPYLENE CARBONATE; SOLVENT; TRIETHYLAMINE; WATER; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DEVICE; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENERGY; EXTRACTION; LIQUID; SOLUBILITY;

DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; MICROFLUIDICS; SILICONES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0344737989     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac0346712     Document Type: Article

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