Evaluation of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surface modification approaches for microfluidic applications

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 415, Issue , 2012, Pages 406-412

  Almutairi, Zeyad ^a,b   Ren, Carolyn L ^a   Simon, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; Electroosmotic flow; PDMS; Static contact angle; Surface treatment; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROPHILICITY; MICROCHANNELS; MONITORING; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE TREATMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ACRYLIC ACIDS; ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CURRENT MONITORING; ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOUR-GROUP; GRAFTING METHOD; HYDROPHILIC STATE; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; LIQUID SAMPLE; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MODIFIED-PEG; PDMS; PDMS SURFACES; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE;

SILICONES;

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ACRYLIC ACID; BORIC ACID; BUFFER; DIMETICONE; EDETIC ACID; MACROGOL; MONOMER; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84870275708     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Chin C.D., Linder V., Sia S.K. Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health: past studies and future opportunities. Lab Chip 2007, 7:41-57.
2. Abgrall P., Gue A.-M. Lab-on-chip technologies: making a microfluidic network and coupling it into a complete microsystem-a review. J. Micromech. Microeng. 2007, 17:R15-R49.
3. Dittrich P.S., Tachikawa K., Manz A. Micro total analysis systems. Latest advancements and trends. Anal. Chem. 2006, 78:3887-3908.
4. Yi C., Li C.-W., Ji S., Yang M. Microfluidics technology for manipulation and analysis of biological cells. Anal. Chim. Acta 2006, 560:1-23.
5. Duffy D.C., McDonald J.C., Schueller O.J.A., Whitesides G.M. Rapid prototyping of microfluidic systems in poly(dimethylsiloxane). Anal. Chem. 1998, 70:4974-4984.
6. Mukhopadhyay R. When PDMS isn't the best. What are its weaknesses, and which other polymers can researchers add to their toolboxes?. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79:3248-3253.
7. Lee J.N., Park C., Whitesides G.M. Solvent compatibility of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based microfluidic devices. Anal. Chem. 2003, 75:6544-6554.
8. Zhou J., Ellis A.V., Voelcker N.H. Recent developments in PDMS surface modification for microfluidic devices. Electrophoresis 2010, 31:2-16.
9. Pittman J.L., Henry C.S., Gilman S.D. Experimental studies of electroosmotic flow dynamics in microfabricated devices during current monitoring experiments. Anal. Chem. 2003, 75:361-370.
10. Wang B., Chen L., Abdulali-Kanji Z., Horton J.H., Oleschuk R.D. Aging effects on oxidized and amine-modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) surfaces studied with chemical force titrations: effects on electroosmotic flow rate in microfluidic channels. Langmuir 2003, 19:9792-9798.
11. Rogers C.I., Pagaduan J.V., Nordin G.P., Woolley A.T. Single-monomer formulation of polymerized polyethylene glycol diacrylate as a nonadsorptive material for microfluidics. Anal. Chem. 2011, 83:6418-6425.
12. Xuan X. Joule heating in electrokinetic flow. Electrophoresis 2008, 29:33-43.
13. Bello M.S. Electrolytic modification of a buffer during a capillary electrophoresis run. J. Chromatogr. A 1996, 744:81-91.
14. Rodríguez I., Chandrasekhar N. Experimental study and numerical estimation of current changes in electroosmotically pumped microfluidic devices. Electrophoresis 2005, 26:1114-1121.
15. Samy R., Glawdel T., Ren C.L. Method for microfluidic whole-chip temperature measurement using thin-film poly(dimethylsiloxane)/rhodamine B. Anal. Chem. 2008, 80:369-375.
16. Toepke M.W., Beebe D.J. PDMS absorption of small molecules and consequences in microfluidic applications. Lab Chip 2006, 6:1484-1486.
17. Sapsford K.E., Ligler F.S. Real-time analysis of protein adsorption to a variety of thin films. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2004, 19:1045-1055.
18. Chen I.-J., Lindner E. The stability of radio-frequency plasma-treated polydimethylsiloxane surfaces. Langmuir 2007, 23:3118-3122.
19. Homma H., Kuroyagi T., Izumi K., Mirley C.L., Ronzello J., Boggs S.A. Diffusion of low molecular weight siloxane from bulk to surface. IEEE Trans. Dielectr. Electr. Insul. 1999, 6:370-375.
20. Lee H.S., Kim K.H., Yu J.K., Yoon S.K., Rhee Y.W. Effect of hydrophilicity on electrically driven flow in microchannels. Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 2007, 311:77-82.
21. Vickers J.A., Caulum M.M., Henry C.S. Generation of hydrophilic poly(dimethylsiloxane) for high-performance microchip electrophoresis. Anal. Chem. 2006, 78:7446-7452.
22. Muck A., Svatos A. Chemical modification of polymeric microchip devices. Talanta 2007, 73:333-341.
23. Ng J.M.K., Gitlin I., Stroock A.D., Whitesides G.M. Components for integrated poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic systems. Electrophoresis 2002, 23:3461-3473.
24. Wong I., Ho C.-M. Surface molecular property modifications for poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) based microfluidic devices. Microfluid. Nanofluid. 2009, 7:291-306.
25. Feng J.-T., Zhao Y.-P. Influence of different amount of Au on the wetting behavior of PDMS membrane. Biomed. Microdev. 2007, 10:65-72.
26. Zhou J., Khodakov D.A., Ellis A.V., Voelcker N.H. Surface modification for PDMS-based microfluidic devices. Electrophoresis 2012, 33:89-104.
27. Bodas D., Khan-Malek C. Formation of more stable hydrophilic surfaces of PDMS by plasma and chemical treatments. Microelectron. Eng. 2006, 83:1277-1279.
28. Bodas D.S., Khan-Malek C. Fabrication of long-term hydrophilic surfaces of poly(dimethyl siloxane) using 2-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate. Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 2007, 120:719-723.
29. Hu S., Ren X., Bachman M., Sims C.E., Li G.P., Allbritton N. Surface modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic devices by ultraviolet polymer grafting. Anal. Chem. 2002, 74:4117-4123.
30. Luo Y., Huang B., Wu H., Zare R.N. Controlling electroosmotic flow in poly(dimethylsiloxane) separation channels by means of prepolymer additives. Anal. Chem. 2006, 78:4588-4592.
31. Eddington D.T., Puccinelli J.P., Beebe D.J. Thermal aging and reduced hydrophobic recovery of polydimethylsiloxane. Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 2006, 114:170-172.
32. Hu S., Ren X., Bachman M., Sims C.E., Li G.P., Allbritton N.L. Surface-directed, graft polymerization within microfluidic channels. Anal. Chem. 2004, 76:1865-1870.
33. Choi E.S., Yang S.S. Improvement of Electroosmotic Flow Characteristics in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Channels Via a Long Life Chemical Surface Modification. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems 2003, 1121-1124.
34. Schneider M.H., Willaime H., Tran Y., Rezgui F., Tabeling P. Wettability patterning by UV-initiated graft polymerization of poly(acrylic acid) in closed microfluidic systems of complex geometry. Anal. Chem. 2011, 82:8848-8855.
35. Schneider M.H., Tran Y., Tabeling P. Benzophenone absorption and diffusion in poly(dimethylsiloxane) and its role in graft photo-polymerization for surface modification. Langmuir 2011, 27:1232-1240.
36. Zhou J., Yan H., Ren K., Dai W., Wu H. Convenient method for modifying poly(dimethylsiloxane) with poly(ethylene glycol) in microfluidics. Anal. Chem. 2009, 81:6627-6632.
37. Almutairi Z., Glawdel T., Ren C., Johnson D. A Y-channel design for improving zeta potential and surface conductivity measurements using the current monitoring method. Microfluid. Nanofluid. 2009, 6:241-251.