Non-silicon substrate bonding mediated by poly(dimethylsiloxane) interfacial coating
- Authors
- Zhang, Hainan; Leea, Nae Yoon
- Issue Date
- 1-Feb-2015
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Thermoplastic bonding; Low-molecular-weight PDMS; Aminosilane; Epoxy-terminated PDMS; Amine-epoxy bond; Siloxane bond
- Citation
- APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, v.327, pp.233 - 240
- Journal Title
- APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
- Volume
- 327
- Start Page
- 233
- End Page
- 240
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/10795
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.10.172
- ISSN
- 0169-4332
- Abstract
- In this paper, we introduce a simple and robust strategy for bonding poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) with various thermoplastic substrates to fabricate a thermoplastic-based closed microfluidic device and examine the feasibility of using the proposed method for realizing plastic-plastic bonding. The proposed bonding strategy was realized by first coating amine functionality on an oxidized thermoplastic surface. Next, the amine-functionalized surface was reacted with a monolayer of low-molecular-weight PDMS, terminated with epoxy functionality, by forming a robust amine-epoxy bond. Both the PDMS-coated thermoplastic and PDMS were then oxidized and permanently assembled at 25 degrees C under a pressure of 0.1 MPa for 15 min, resulting in PDMS-like surfaces on all four inner walls of the microchannel. Surface characterizations were conducted, including water contact angle measurement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and fluorescence measurement, to confirm the successful coating of the thin PDMS layer on the plastic surface, and the bond strength was analyzed by conducting a peel test, burst test, and leakage test. Using the proposed method, we could successfully bond various thermoplastics such as poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA), polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) with PDMS without the collapse or deformation of the microchannel, and the proposed method was successfully extended to the bonding of two thermoplastics, PMMA, and PC. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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