Using thermally printed transparency as photomasks to generate microfluidic structures in PDMS material

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 463-468

  Li, Cheuk Wing ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Tzang, Chi Hung ^a   Zhao, Jianlong ^a   Yang, Mengsu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cell immobilization; Microfluidics; Multi height structure; PDMS

Indexed keywords

MICROFLUIDICS; MULTI-HEIGHT STRUCTURE; PDMS;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION; ETCHING; FABRICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCY;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 31544474306     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2005.10.046     Document Type: Article

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