High-precision interferometric monitoring of polymer swelling using a simple optofluidic sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-43

  Gervinskas, Gediminas ^a   Day, Daniel ^a   Juodkazis, Saulius ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interferometry; Microfluidics; PMMA; Polymer swelling

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; CHANNEL WIDTHS; HIGH FIDELITY; HIGH-PRECISION; HOT-EMBOSSING; IN-SITU; INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING; MICRO-FLUIDIC SENSORS; PMMA; POLYMER SURFACES; POLYMER SWELLING; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIME-PERIODS;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; ETHANOL; INTERFEROMETRY; METHANOL; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SENSORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SWELLING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 80052336998     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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