Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology

JC Love, LA Estroff, JK Kriebel, RG Nuzzo… - Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Nanoscience includes the study of objects and systems in which at least one dimension is 1-
100 nm. The objects studied in this range of sizes are larger than atoms and small …

New approaches to nanofabrication: molding, printing, and other techniques

BD Gates, Q Xu, M Stewart, D Ryan, CG Willson… - Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
“Nanofabrication” is the process of making functional structures with arbitrary patterns
having minimum dimensions currently defined (more-or-less arbitrarily) to be e100 nm …

Solvent compatibility of poly (dimethylsiloxane)-based microfluidic devices

JN Lee, C Park, GM Whitesides - Analytical chemistry, 2003 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the compatibility of poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) with organic
solvents; this compatibility is important in considering the potential of PDMS-based …

Patterning of controllable surface wettability for printing techniques

D Tian, Y Song, L Jiang - Chemical society reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Patterning of controllable surface wettability has attracted wide scientific attention due to its
importance in both fundamental research and practical applications. In particular, it is crucial …

Hydrophilization and hydrophobic recovery of PDMS by oxygen plasma and chemical treatment—An SEM investigation

D Bodas, C Khan-Malek - Sensors and actuators B: chemical, 2007 - Elsevier
Rapid prototyping of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is frequently used to build microfluidic
devices. PDMS is inherently hydrophobic; however, the surface can be temporarily rendered …

Components for integrated poly (dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic systems

JMK Ng, I Gitlin, AD Stroock, GM Whitesides - Electrophoresis, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the design and fabrication of microfluidic systems in poly
(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS). PDMS is a soft polymer with attractive physical and chemical …

Microcontact printing: limitations and achievements

A Perl, DN Reinhoudt, J Huskens - Advanced Materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Microcontact printing (µCP) offers a simple and low‐cost surface patterning methodology
with high versatility and sub‐micrometer accuracy. The process has undergone a …

Micro-and nanopatterning techniques for organic electronic and optoelectronic systems

E Menard, MA Meitl, Y Sun, JU Park, DJL Shir… - Chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The first organic transistors on plastic substrates were reported in 1990, providing an early
hint of the possibilities offered by plastic electronics. These devices used vacuumevaporated …

Beyond PDMS: off-stoichiometry thiol–ene (OSTE) based soft lithography for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices

CF Carlborg, T Haraldsson, K Öberg, M Malkoch… - Lab on a Chip, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article we introduce a novel polymer platform based on off-stoichiometry thiol–enes
(OSTEs), aiming to bridge the gap between research prototyping and commercial production …

Microscale tipstreaming in a microfluidic flow focusing device

SL Anna, HC Mayer - Physics of fluids, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
A microfluidic flow-focusing device is used to explore the use of surfactant-mediated
tipstreaming to synthesize micrometer-scale and smaller droplets. By controlling the …