Stable nonpolar solvent droplet generation using a poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic channel coated with poly-p-xylylene for a nanoparticle growth

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Lim, Heejin ^a   Moon, SangJun ^a  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air nonpolar solvent interface; Microfluidic channel; Nanocrystal growth; PDMS; poly p xylylene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROPS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOCRYSTALS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SOLVENTS; SWELLING; WATER ABSORPTION;

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; NANOCRYSTAL GROWTH; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; POLY-P-XYLYLENE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS;

MICROCHANNELS;

AIR NONPOLAR SOLVENT; DIMETICONE; NANOCRYSTAL; PARYLENE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAYSILON; NANOPARTICLE; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COATED PARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; IMMERSION; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFABRICATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; XYLENES;

EID: 85006321105     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-015-9974-5     Document Type: Article

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