A passive microfluidic valve using superhydrophobic/hydrophilic nanostructures for lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1801-1804

  Londe, G ^a   Wesser, A ^b   Cho, H J ^b   Zhai, L ^a   Chunder, A ^a   Subbarao, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrophilic; Layer by layer(LBL) deposition; Nanoparticles; Passive valve; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FLUID MECHANICS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOFLUIDICS; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; SENSORS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; STANDARDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSDUCERS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CAPILLARY ACTIONS; CHANNEL WALLS; HYDROPHILIC; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; ISO-PROPANOL; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; LAYER BY LAYER(LBL) DEPOSITION; LAYER-BY-LAYER DEPOSITION; MICRO-FLUIDIC; MULTIPLE LAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PASSIVE VALVE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SILICA NANO PARTICLES; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; STANDARD PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; TEST SAMPLES; WATER BASED; WATER SAMPLES; WET ETCHING TECHNIQUES;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 50049106415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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