Topography and wettability control in biocompatible polymer for BioMEMS applications

3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1100-1103

  Teh, Kwok Siong ^a   Lu, Yen Wen ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BioMEMS; Hydrophobic; Nanostructured; Polypyrrole; Topography; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONTACT ANGLE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FRICTION; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; OXIDATION; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SECONDARY EMISSION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AG/AGCL; AS-DEPOSITED; AVERAGE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMERS; BIOMEMS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CONTACT ANGLES; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; HYDROPHOBIC; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NANOSTRUCTURED; OXIDATION PROCESSES; OXIDATION STATES; POLYPYRROLE; REDOX POTENTIAL; REDOX POTENTIALS; SMOOTH SURFACES; SURFACE WETTABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL INSPECTION; WETTABILITY; WETTABILITY CONTROL;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 50249143555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2008.4484510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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