Microfluidic motion for a direct investigation of solvent interactions with PDMS microchannels

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-409

  Bianco, Monica ^a   Viola, Ilenia ^a,b   Cezza, Miriam ^a   Pietracaprina, Francesca ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Rinaldi, Rosaria ^a   Arima, Valentina ^a  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; PDMS microchannels; Teflon coating; Washburn power law

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RANGE; CAPILLARY DYNAMICS; CHANNEL PROPERTY; CHANNEL WALL; DROPS AND BUBBLES; EFFECTIVE DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLUID MOVEMENT; HYDRAULIC RADIUS; LAB-ON-CHIP; LAB-ON-CHIP DEVICES; LIQUID VISCOSITY; MAIN PARAMETERS; MICROCHANNEL WALLS; PDMS MICROCHANNELS; POWER-LAW; PUMPLESS; REAL TIME; SOLID SURFACE; SOLVENT FLOW; SOLVENT INTERACTIONS; SOLVENT PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; WASHBURN POWER LAW;

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DYNAMICS; ETHANOL; METHANOL; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84867230785     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-0966-y     Document Type: Article

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