[HTML][HTML] Advantages and challenges of microfluidic cell culture in polydimethylsiloxane devices

S Halldorsson, E Lucumi, R Gómez-Sjöberg… - Biosensors and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Culture of cells using various microfluidic devices is becoming more common within
experimental cell biology. At the same time, a technological radiation of microfluidic cell …

Recent progress in fabrication and application of polydimethylsiloxane sponges

D Zhu, S Handschuh-Wang, X Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to their structural advantages in comparison with bulk polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS),
porous 3D substrates, which are also known as PDMS sponges, possess immense potential …

3D printing of transparent and conductive heterogeneous hydrogel-elastomer systems

K Tian, J Bae, SE Bakarich, C Yang… - Advanced …, 2017 - dash.lib.harvard.edu
Hydrogel-based ionic devices represent an alternative approach to stretchable electronics
through use of soft ionic conductors that are both highly stretchable and transparent …

Oxygen plasma treatment for reducing hydrophobicity of a sealed polydimethylsiloxane microchannel

SH Tan, NT Nguyen, YC Chua, TG Kang - Biomicrofluidics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Rapid prototyping of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is often used to build microfluidic
devices. However, the inherent hydrophobic nature of the material limits the use of PDMS in …

Simple surface modification of poly (dimethylsiloxane) via surface segregating smart polymers for biomicrofluidics

A Gökaltun, YB Kang, ML Yarmush, OB Usta… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) is likely the most popular material for microfluidic
devices in lab-on-a-chip and other biomedical applications. However, the hydrophobicity of …

Surface molecular property modifications for poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) based microfluidic devices

I Wong, CM Ho - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2009 - Springer
Fast advancements of microfabrication processes in past two decades have reached to a
fairly matured stage that we can manufacture a wide range of microfluidic devices. At …

Recent advances in nonbiofouling PDMS surface modification strategies applicable to microfluidic technology

A Gokaltun, ML Yarmush, A Asatekin, OB Usta - Technology, 2017 - World Scientific
In the last decade microfabrication processes including rapid prototyping techniques have
advanced rapidly and achieved a fairly mature stage. These advances have encouraged …

Modification of silicone elastomer with zwitterionic silane for durable antifouling properties

SB Yeh, CS Chen, WY Chen, CJ Huang - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Biofouling on medical devices generally causes adverse complications, such as thrombosis,
infection, and pathogenic calcification. Silicone is a widely used material for medical …

Microfluidic systems for droplet generation in aqueous continuous phases: A focus review

K Doufène, C Tourné-Péteilh, P Etienne… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics is one of the most fascinating fields that researchers have been trying to apply
in a large number of scientific disciplines over the past two decades. Among them, the …

Study of hydrophilicity and stability of chemically modified PDMS surface using piranha and KOH solution

D Maji, SK Lahiri, S Das - Surface and Interface analysis, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Successful realization of various BioMEMS devices demands effective surface modification
techniques of PDMS elastomer. This paper presents a detailed report on a simple and cost …