Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique

In recent times, Microfluidic devices have gained substantially high interest in both industrial and academic research due to the key advantages demonstrated by the device to achieve fast response time and low analyte consumption required for testing. This project reports on the development and appl...

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Main Author: Tan, Hsien Tat.
Other Authors: Yue Chee Yoon
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-454112023-03-04T18:45:42Z Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique Tan, Hsien Tat. Yue Chee Yoon School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics In recent times, Microfluidic devices have gained substantially high interest in both industrial and academic research due to the key advantages demonstrated by the device to achieve fast response time and low analyte consumption required for testing. This project reports on the development and application of a permanent surface modification technique in photografting as an improved method for bonding TOPAS@COC microfluidic substrates with a cover plate without affecting the channel integrity. Photografting technique aids in increasing the bond strength of the modified surface as well as enhancing quick flow when analyte is being passed through the device by making the surface more hydrophilic. This project serves to improve the bond strength by modifying the surface of the polymer using photografting technique while evaluations of the modified surfaces were done through using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), contact angle measurement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and the surface roughness with the atomic force microscope (AFM). Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2011-06-13T07:02:35Z 2011-06-13T07:02:35Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45411 en Nanyang Technological University 93 p. application/pdf
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Tan, Hsien Tat.
Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique
description In recent times, Microfluidic devices have gained substantially high interest in both industrial and academic research due to the key advantages demonstrated by the device to achieve fast response time and low analyte consumption required for testing. This project reports on the development and application of a permanent surface modification technique in photografting as an improved method for bonding TOPAS@COC microfluidic substrates with a cover plate without affecting the channel integrity. Photografting technique aids in increasing the bond strength of the modified surface as well as enhancing quick flow when analyte is being passed through the device by making the surface more hydrophilic. This project serves to improve the bond strength by modifying the surface of the polymer using photografting technique while evaluations of the modified surfaces were done through using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), contact angle measurement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and the surface roughness with the atomic force microscope (AFM).
author2 Yue Chee Yoon
author_facet Yue Chee Yoon
Tan, Hsien Tat.
format Final Year Project
author Tan, Hsien Tat.
author_sort Tan, Hsien Tat.
title Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique
title_short Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique
title_full Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique
title_fullStr Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique
title_full_unstemmed Polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of COC micofluidic device using photografting technique
title_sort polymer based micro-fluidic devices : improvement in thermal bond strength of coc micofluidic device using photografting technique
publishDate 2011
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45411
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