Hi Jose,
Yes, although in my experience, it doesn't always work as consistently. I
always heat my devices afterward to improve the seal (usually 65 C for an
hour).
When sealing PDMS to PDMS, you can also use different ratios of curing agent
in each layer to create a seal. See Quake et al.'s paper:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/288/5463/113
Josh
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Jose Guevarra wrote:
> HI,
>
> I use oxygen plasma bonding to bond glass with pdms. Does that also work
> if I wanted to do PDMS to PDMS bonding?
>
Joshua Tice
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