Tailoring the surface topography and wetting properties of oxygen-plasma treated polydimethylsiloxane

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Tserepi, Angeliki ^a   Gogolides, Evangelos ^a   Tsougeni, Katerina ^a   Constantoudis, Vassilios ^a   Valamontes, Evangelos S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS); SURFACE AREA; WAVY STRUCTURES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; OXYGEN; PLASMAS; SENSORS; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 29144528874     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2136421     Document Type: Article

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