Fabrication of a Hydrophilic Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Microporous Structure and Its Application to Portable Microfluidic Pump
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- Title
- Fabrication of a Hydrophilic Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Microporous Structure and Its Application to Portable Microfluidic Pump
- Authors
- Yang, W; Young Gyu Nam; Bong-Kee Lee; Kyungsup Han; Tai Hun Kwon; Kim, DS
- Date Issued
- 2010-01
- Publisher
- JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS
- Abstract
- In this paper, we present a simple and low-cost fabrication technique of a novel hydrophilic poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microporous structure (or microsponge) based on a modified sugar leaching technique. A surfactant, Silwet L-77 enabled us to achieve the wettability conversion of PDMS from hydrophobic to hydrophilic. The wettability changes of PDMS surfaces and microsponges were characterized at various weight percentages of Silwet L-77 and it was found that a hydrophilic PDMS microsponge containing 0.6% of Silwet L-77 rapidly absorbed water droplets. The average porosity of the fabricated PDMS microsponges was measured as 0.55. We have successfully demonstrated the hydrophilic PDMS microsponge as a portable pump for a microfluidic device. The hydrophilic PDMS microsponge was firmly bonded at the inlet of a PDMS microchannel via oxygen plasma treatment. A water-phase sample was easily loaded into the hydrophilic PDMS microsponge and it was released and injected into the microchannel by simply pushing the microsponge. (C) 2010 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
- Keywords
- MICROPUMP; SILICON; SYSTEMS; LAYER
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/25029
- DOI
- 10.1143/JJAP.49.06GM01
- ISSN
- 0021-4922
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, vol. 49, no. 6, 2010-01
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