Tunable poly(dimethylsiloxane) topography in O2 or Ar plasmas for controlling surface wetting properties and their ageing

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 744-750

  Tsougeni, Katerina ^a   Tserepi, Angeliki ^a   Boulousis, George ^a   Constantoudis, Vassilios ^a   Gogolides, Evangelos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ageing; Oxygen plasma treatment; Poly(dimethylsiloxane); Topography; Wetting properties

Indexed keywords

BIO-MICROSYSTEMS; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENT; WETTING PROPERTIES;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ARGON; CROSSLINKING; HYDROPHILICITY; PLASMAS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WETTING;

POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE;

EID: 34547907850     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.744     Document Type: Article

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