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PDMS-Polystyrene(PS) bonding
2006-12-08
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2006-12-11
PDMS-Polystyrene(PS) bonding
Y-bean Zhang
2006-12-10
On 12/8/06, jianshi  wrote:

>
> if some one knows it is possible to bond PDMS and Polystyrene together?


Based on the following paper, oxygen plasma treatment is able to
irreversibly bond PDMS to polystyrene.  Since the paper doesn't
specify condition, you may need to try few diffenernt combinations.


Duffy, D. C.; McDonald, J. C.; Schueller, O. J. A.; Whitesides, G. M.,
Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Systems in Poly(dimethylsiloxane).
Anal. Chem. 1998, 70, 4974.

 Best,

Y-bean

PhD Candidate
University of Illinois-Urbana & Champaign
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