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Polymeric microfabricated fluidic device suitable for ultraviolet detection

  • US 7,150,815 B2
  • Filed: 10/03/2001
  • Issued: 12/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved microfluidic system, comprising:

  • a microfluidic device which comprises a planar substrate having a first surface and a planar cover having a first surface, the first surface of the cover being bonded to the first surface of the planar substrate, at least one of the substrate or cover being substantially fabricated from a polymeric material comprising a perfluorodimethyldioxole repeating unit or an amorphous fluoropolymer known as Teflon AF®

    , the device having at least first and second intersecting channels disposed therein at the interface of the bonded surfaces, the channels having interior surfaces being optionally wetted with aqueous and/or organic/aqueous buffers, and having a zeta potential associated therewith, which zeta potential is capable of supporting an electroosmotic mobility of a fluid in said channels of at least 1×

    10

    5
    cm2V

    1
    s31 1, wherein said fluid is a sodium borate buffer having an ionic strength of between about 1 and about 50 millimoles (mM), and a pH of from about 7 to about 9.5, at least one of said at least first and second intersecting channels having at least one cross-sectional dimension in the range of from about 0.1 micrometer to about 1000 micrometers;

    at least first, second and third ports disposed at termini of said first channel and at least one terminus of said second channel, whereby said ports are in electrical contact with the fluid in said first and second channels; and

    an electrical control system for concomitantly applying a voltage to at least two of said at least first, second and third ports, to selectively direct flow of the fluid in said first and second intersecting channels by electroosmotic flow,wherein the improvement comprises spin-coating a layer of polyvinyl alcohol on at least one of the first surfaces to render the surface hydrophilic and to facilitate bonding the two first surfaces.

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