Local in-situ hydrophilic treatment of micro-channels using surface discharge

Digest of Technical Papers - International Conference on Solid State Sensors and Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS '05

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1187-1190

  Gunji, Masahide ^a   Nakanishi, Hiroaki ^b   Washizu, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Droplet dispenser; Hydrophilic treatment; Liquid handling; Plasma; Surface discharge

Indexed keywords

DROPLET DISPENSER; HYDROPHILIC TREATMENT; LIQUID HANDLING; PLASMA; SURFACE DISCHARGE;

CAPILLARITY; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROELECTRODES; PLASMAS; POLYMERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 27544502662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1497290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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