Expandable microspheres incorporated in a PDMS matrix: A novel thermal composite actuator for liquid handling in microfluidic applications

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1558-1561

  Samel, B ^a   Griss, P ^a,b   Stemme, G ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Roche Diagnostics Microtechnology Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actuators; Composite materials; Filling; Heat treatment; Heating; Merging; Microfluidics; Soft lithography; Thermal expansion; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXPANSION; FILLING; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MERGING; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSPHERES; MICROSYSTEMS; THERMAL EXPANSION; TRANSDUCERS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

COMPOSITE ACTUATOR; EMBEDDED ACTUATORS; EXPANDABLE MICROSPHERES; EXPANSION BEHAVIOR; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PROCESSING PROPERTIES; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 84944738768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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