[mems-talk] Question on PDMS micro channels

[Gwennou Coupier]

It is well known that alcohol can diffuse into PDMS and make it 
inflate. Therefore it is a bad idea. Maybe other people have more 
experience than me on that subject.

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:18:50 +0800
  "King Lai" <kinglai at egr.msu.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am planning to make micro channels and chambers by PDMS, but
> acetone/alcohol will flow inside the micro channels. I would like to 
>know if
> acetone and alcohol attack PDMS channel. Did anybody has experience 
>in using
> acetone in PDMS channel?

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