Abstract
A microfluidic valves design comprising nanolayered thermoresponsive polymer-grafted capillaries was discussed. Thermoresponsive wettability changes for polymer-grafted capillary surfaces were determined using water-meniscus heights within capillaries. It was found that the inner surfaces of glass microcapillaries was modified with grafted polymers through surface-immobilized azo-initiated radical polymerization in the presence of a crosslinker and through electron-beam-irradiated polymerization. It was also found that temperature-dependent fluid dynamics with microchannels were evaluated during temperature-induced hydrophilic/hydrophobic polymer-graft alterations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2723-2727 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 22 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2005 Nov 18 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)