Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has been one of the most widely used materials for lab on chip (LOC) device prototyping and fabrication due to its remarkable properties. These properties include ...

A method based on magnetic forces to reversibly bond glass slides to PDMS microfluidic devices has been developed and experimentally characterized. Results show a reliable tightness in normal ...

Active microvalves and passive microvalves in microfluidic chips. (A) Typical structure of active microvalve: sliding arm. PDMS structures contain a guiding channel and a fluidic channel and were ...

In microfluidics, bonding techniques are as varied as the number of materials used. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is probably the most common adhesive that offers a stick-and-play concept for device ...

Stephen Quake, a bioengineer and applied physicist at Stanford University, has always been interested in the interface between physics and biology. During his work at the California Institute of ...