Fabrication and performance of a photonic-microfluidic integrated device

Micromachines

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-77

  Watts, Benjamin R ^a   Kowpak, Thomas ^a   Zhang, Zhiyi ^a,b   Xu, Chang Qing ^a   Zhu, Shiping ^a   Cao, Xudong ^c   Lin, Min ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Devices; Integration; Microfluidics; Optical waveguide; PDMS; SU 8

Indexed keywords

BEAM WAIST; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CYTOMETRY; DEVICES; FLOW-CYTOMETER; FLUORESCENT DETECTION; FREE SPACES; INTEGRATED DEVICE; PDMS; PHOTONIC COMPONENTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; RELIABLE DETECTION; SU-8;

CHEMICAL BONDS; FABRICATION; INTEGRATION; MICROCHANNELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84868013420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi3010062     Document Type: Article

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