Increasing PDMS bonding to glass without using oxygen
plasma
Kevin Christ
2007-06-19
You could try using the corona wand method detailed here:
http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/LC/article.asp?doi=b610567j
I have found that the bonds it creates are generally not as strong as when using
a standard plasma chamber, but it still works pretty well.
Kevin
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Kevin V. Christ
Turner Research Group, http://ktgroup.me.wisc.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Virginia Abranches de Sousa R. Soares"
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:31 am
Subject: [mems-talk] Increasing PDMS bonding to glass without using oxygen
plasma
To: [email protected]
> Dear Listers,
>
> Our plasma tool has broken down and we are looking for alternative
> ways of getting an irreversible bond between PDMS and glass.
>
> We have searched the web but so far could not find anything that
> would not include an oxygen or an argon plasma.
>
> Does anybady know if there is some chemical treatment that would
> increase the bonding strength of PDMS?