Dear Ziggy Majumdar,

I guess PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate-Castable Acrylic Resin) is useful for
your work.
Good luck!

Sang


> Message: 8
> From: "Majumdar, Zigurts" 
> To: "'mems-talk@memsnet.org'" 
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:11:55 -0500
> Subject: [mems-talk] high pressure microfluidic alternative to PDMS?
>
> Hi,
>     I'm working with microfluidic channels in PDMS and the high pressure
I'm
> using causes the material to rupture. Instead of going to glass or silicon
> it would be convenient to have a material similar to PDMS that cures over
a
> relief structure and has comparable characterisitics: highly nonreactive,
> low or no optical background, transparent in the visible, capable of
bonding
> pieces together. Does anyone know of any such magic alternative?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ziggy Majumdar