Improvement of thermal bond strength and surface properties of Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) based microfluidic device using the photo-grafting technique

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 518-526

  Jena, R K ^a,b   Yue, C Y ^a,b   Anand, L ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

COC; Hydrophilicity; Photo grafting; Surface modification; Thermal bonding

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; COC; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; COVER PLATE; CROSS SECTIONAL PROFILES; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; IMPROVED METHODS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MODIFIED SURFACES; PEEL TESTS; PHOTO-GRAFTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SURFACE MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES; THERMAL BONDING; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CONTACT ANGLE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROPHILICITY; MICROFLUIDICS; OLEFINS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79959642130     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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