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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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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John H Koschwanez Robert H Carlson Deirdre R Meldrum Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent. PLoS ONE |
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John H Koschwanez Robert H Carlson Deirdre R Meldrum |
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Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent. |
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Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent. |
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Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent. |
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Thin PDMS films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent. |
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thin pdms films using long spin times or tert-butyl alcohol as a solvent. |
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2009-01-01 |
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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. |
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