Development of a Plasma Process for Microfluidic Devices in the Prospect of Cell Attachment

Abstract:

Plasma processing has been developed to produce selective chemistry in the inner surface of a microfluidic system. This dry process is an alternative solution to the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) process that allows us to work at low temperatures thus avoiding the degradation of the substrate by heat. The present study focused on the surface modification of PDMS in order to make them more hydrophilic and capable to exhibit a high percentage of COOH functions which will provide a good asset for future cell attachment.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 89-91)
• Pages: 598-603
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.89-91.598
• Online since: January 2010
• Authors: Nathalie Vo Tan Tho, Hervé Willaime, Patrick Tabeling, Farzaneh Arefi-Khonsari, Diego Mantovani, Michael Tatoulian
• Keywords: Acrylic Acid (AA), Carboxylic Acid Group, Plasma Coating, Plasma Polymerization, Stability

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