Self-patterned gold-electroplated multicapillary gas separation columns with MPG stationary phases

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-70

  Shakeel, Hamza ^a   Agah, Masoud ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroplating; gas chromatography (GC); high speed GC; micro GC ( GC); microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); multicapillary columns (MCCs); self patterned gold deposition; separation columns

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOTTOM SURFACES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE; COATING YIELDS; COMPLEX MIXTURE; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FUNCTIONALIZED; GAS SEPARATIONS; GOLD DEPOSITION; GOLD ELECTRODEPOSITION; GOLD SURFACES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH-SPEED GC; MICROFABRICATED; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MULTI-CAPILLARY COLUMNS; MULTICAPILLARIES; OCTADECANETHIOL; ON-SITE ANALYSIS; POST-DEPOSITION; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SEPARATION COLUMN; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; STATIONARY PHASE; STATIONARY PHASIS; THEORETICAL PLATES;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTROPLATING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMS; MONOLAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEPARATION;

GOLD;

EID: 84873298961     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2012.2213068     Document Type: Article

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