Simple and low-cost fabrication of PDMS microfluidic round channels by surface-wetting parameters optimization

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 953-961

  De Ville, Magalie ^a   Coquet, Philippe ^a   Brunet, Philippe ^a   Boukherroub, Rabah ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Alginate; Patterning; PDMS; Round channels; Wetting

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; HIGH RESISTANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROPHILIC/HYDROPHOBIC PATTERNED SURFACES; LIQUID CYLINDERS; LOW COST FABRICATION; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; PARAMETERS OPTIMIZATION; PATTERNING; PDMS; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE POLYMERS; ROUND-CHANNELS; SODIUM SALT; STRAIGHT CHANNEL;

ALGINATE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HYDROPHILICITY; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLDING; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; WETTING;

SILICONES;

EID: 84860882363     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0929-8     Document Type: Article

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