A reliable method for bonding polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and its application in micropumps

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Tan, Hsih Yin ^a   Loke, Weng Keong ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^b  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bonding; Microfluidics; Micropump; Pneumatic Actuation; Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE FILM; BONDING QUALITY; CONTROL ELECTRONICS; CRITICAL STEPS; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; HYBRID APPROACH; HYBRID MEMBRANE; LOW COSTS; MICRO PUMP; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC COMPONENTS; OPTICALLY CLEAR; PERISTALTIC MICROPUMPS; PNEUMATIC ACTUATION; PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS); POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE (PMMA); PRESSURE SOURCE; PRESSURIZED AIR; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES;

ACTUATORS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CURING; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; POLYESTERS; PUMPS; SOLENOID VALVES; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

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EID: 78049416195     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.09.035     Document Type: Article

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