Hydrophilic surface modification of pdms for droplet microfluidics using a simple, quick, and robust method via pva deposition

Microsystems and Nanoengineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Trantidou, Tatiana ^a   Elani, Yuval ^a   Parsons, Edward ^b   Ces, Oscar ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double emulsions; Droplet microfluidics; Hydrophilic; Hydrophobic; PDMS; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; DEPOSITION; DROPS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROCHANNELS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SILICONES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

DOUBLE EMULSIONS; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 85056303215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20557434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/micronano.2016.91     Document Type: Article

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