Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.

Thin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films are frequently used in "lab on a chip" devices as flexible membranes. The common solvent used to dilute the PDMS for thin films is hexane, but hexane can swell the underlying PDMS substrate. A better solvent would be one that dissolves uncured PDMS bu...

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Main Authors: John H Koschwanez, Robert H Carlson, Deirdre R Meldrum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2642993?pdf=render
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spelling doaj-e147bf58753a41fe95f0ee15c96b540e2020-11-25T00:25:35ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032009-01-0142e457210.1371/journal.pone.0004572Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.John H KoschwanezRobert H CarlsonDeirdre R MeldrumThin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films are frequently used in "lab on a chip" devices as flexible membranes. The common solvent used to dilute the PDMS for thin films is hexane, but hexane can swell the underlying PDMS substrate. A better solvent would be one that dissolves uncured PDMS but doesn't swell the underlying substrate. Here, we present protocols and spin curves for two alternatives to hexane dilution: longer spin times and dilution in tert-butyl alcohol. The thickness of the PDMS membranes under different spin speeds, spin times, and PDMS concentrations was measured using an optical profilometer. The use of tert-butyl alcohol to spin thin PDMS films does not swell the underlying PDMS substrate, and we have used these films to construct multilayer PDMS devices.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2642993?pdf=render
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author John H Koschwanez
Robert H Carlson
Deirdre R Meldrum
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Robert H Carlson
Deirdre R Meldrum
Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.
PLoS ONE
author_facet John H Koschwanez
Robert H Carlson
Deirdre R Meldrum
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title Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.
title_short Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.
title_full Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.
title_fullStr Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.
title_full_unstemmed Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.
title_sort thin pdms films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
series PLoS ONE
issn 1932-6203
publishDate 2009-01-01
description Thin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films are frequently used in "lab on a chip" devices as flexible membranes. The common solvent used to dilute the PDMS for thin films is hexane, but hexane can swell the underlying PDMS substrate. A better solvent would be one that dissolves uncured PDMS but doesn't swell the underlying substrate. Here, we present protocols and spin curves for two alternatives to hexane dilution: longer spin times and dilution in tert-butyl alcohol. The thickness of the PDMS membranes under different spin speeds, spin times, and PDMS concentrations was measured using an optical profilometer. The use of tert-butyl alcohol to spin thin PDMS films does not swell the underlying PDMS substrate, and we have used these films to construct multilayer PDMS devices.
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2642993?pdf=render
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