Fabrication and properties of conductive micromoldable thermosetting polymer for electronic routing in highly flexible microfluidic systems

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7593, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khosla, A ^a   Gray, B L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductive polymer; Electrical properties; Lab on a chip; MEMS; Nanocomposite; Polydimethylsiloxane; Soft lithography

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING NANOCOMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTRICAL CONTINUITY; ELECTRONIC ROUTING; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARDS; LAB ON A CHIP; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SHEAR MIXING; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER PARTICLES; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; THERMOSETTING POLYMERS; WEIGHT PERCENT; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

FABRICATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICONES; SILVER; SOLVENTS; THERMOSETS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 79958137928     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.840911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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