Integrated and reusable in-plane microfluidic interconnects

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 531-539

  Lo, Ronalee ^a   Meng, Ellis ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Interconnects; Microfluidics; Packaging; World to chip interface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EMULSIFICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NEEDLES;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; CHIP INTERFACES; ELSEVIER (CO); FABRICATION PROCESSES; IN-PLANE (IP); MICRO FLUIDIC; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEMS; MICROFLUIDIC INTERCONNECTS; ON-DEMAND; POLY-DIMETHYL SILOXANE (PDMS); PULL OUT FORCES; PULL-OUT; SELF-SEALING (SS); SINGLE LAYERS; TO MANY;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 44649166909     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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