The etching of glass patterned by microcontact printing with application to microfluidics and electrophoresis

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Hannes, Benjamin ^a   Vieillard, Julien ^a   Bou Chakra, Elie ^a   Mazurczyk, Radoslaw ^a   Mansfield, Colin D ^a   Potempa, Jan ^b,c   Krawczyk, Stanislas ^a   Cabrera, Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Glass; Microcontact printing; Microfluidics; Wet etching

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; SILVER; WET ETCHING;

MASS PRODUCTION; MICROCONTACT PRINTING;

GLASS;

EID: 38149111192     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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