Preparation of self-supporting mesostructured silica thin film membranes as gateable interconnects for microfluidics

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Juez, Ruben Garcia ^a   Boffa, Vittorio ^a   Blank, Dave H A ^a   Ten Elshof, Johan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Membrane; Microfluidics; Silica; Sol gel materials; Thin films

Indexed keywords

FILMS; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANES; MICROFLUIDICS; SILICA; SILICON NITRIDE; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS;

HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; IONIC SPECIES; MESOPOROUS SILICA MEMBRANES; MESOSTRUCTURED SILICA; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; SELF STANDINGS; SILICA FILM; SOL-GEL MATERIALS;

FILM PREPARATION;

SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 54049129219     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.043     Document Type: Article

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