Another simple way to degas the fluid is to boil it in advance, pump out the gases, keep the liquid in a sealed vessel and cool it down before use. This way the liquid will be degassed and remain that way, at least till you have injected it to your micro-device. Good luck, Danny. P.S. - When you have the time, please post all the answers you have received - I think that many people may use it. ________________________________ Danny Klein Department of Mechanical Engineering Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Email: dannykl@technion.ac.il -----Original Message----- From: mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org [mailto:mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org] On Behalf Of Manscher Martin Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:21 PM To: General MEMS discussion Cc: Manscher Martin Subject: RE: [mems-talk] How to get rid of the bubbles in themicrofluidicdevice. Trapping bubbles, removing bubbles etc. in microfluidic devices is almost a science in itself (with many articles, patents etc.). The simplest way is de-gassing the liquid in advance, by pumping on it and exposing it to ultrasound. If you can accept the presence of the bubbles, having the liquid run around it, another primitive solution you could try is that sketched in "A unique solution for preventing clogging of flow channels by gas bubbles", Kohnle et al, IEEE?? 2002, p. 77 http://www.imtek.de/content/pdf/public/2002/solutionpreventingcloggingfl owbubbles.pdf Martin > -----Original Message----- > I work on the microfluidic devices. I found it really annoying that > when I inject the flow there will be always some air bubbles trapped > in the microfluidic devices (made of PDMS and glass). Is there any way > to get rid of them? _______________________________________________ MEMS-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. Visit us at http://www.memsnet.org/