Investigation and improvement of reversible microfluidic devices based on glass-PDMS-glass sandwich configuration

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 83-90

  Chen, Qiang ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Nie, Yuan ^b   Yao, Shuhuai ^b   Zhao, Jianlong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mechanical clamping; Microfluidics; Patterned etching; Reversible assembling

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

ASSEMBLING TECHNOLOGY; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MECHANICAL CLAMPING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NANO-DEVICE FABRICATION; REVERSIBLE ASSEMBLING; SANDWICH CONFIGURATION; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

GLASS;

EID: 84899421782     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1222-9     Document Type: Article

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