title: Attachment of plastic fluidic components to glass sensing surfaces.
abstract: Two types of flow manifolds have been developed in order to provide a reliable method for attaching plastic microfluidic systems to glass sensing surfaces. A permanently mounted flow manifold has grooves in the inter-channel barriers to confine the epoxy used for attachment. The reusable flow manifold has inter-channel barriers composed of both plexiglass for rigidity and polydimethysiloxane for leak-free attachment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2710, USA.
authors.forename: Dan M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Leatzow
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dodson
authors.forename: Joel P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Golden
authors.forename: Frances S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Ligler
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D012828:Silicones
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D012828:Silicones; C013830:baysilon