In-channel tuning of hydrophilicity and surface charge of cyclic olefin copolymer microchips by UV-induced graft polymerization and its application in lab-on-a-chip devices

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 195-196, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-139

  Du, Gangfeng ^a   Cai, Qiulian ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a   Wei, Hongxu ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Wang, Xiayan ^c   Guo, Guangsheng ^c   Pu, Qiaosheng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Cyclic olefin copolymer; Photochemical grafting; Streaming potential; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SURFACE; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC SEPARATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IN-CHANNELS; IRRADIATION TIME; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MODIFIED SURFACES; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; PURE WATER; REACTION TEMPERATURE; STREAMING POTENTIAL; STREAMING POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; UV INTENSITY; UV-INDUCED GRAFT POLYMERIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; COPOLYMERS; DYES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROPHILICITY; MICROCHANNELS; OLEFINS; SEPARATION;

SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 84862738152     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.04.082     Document Type: Article

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