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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1111, Issue 2, Pages 252-257Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.10.039
Keywords
microfabrication; microfluidics; electrophoretic mobility; plastics
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We report the procedures of machining microchannels on Vivak co-polyester thermoplastic substrates using a simple industrial CO2 laser marker. To avoid overheating the substrates, we develop low-power marking techniques in nearly anaerobic environment. These procedures are able to machine microchannels at various aspect ratios. Either straight or serpent channel can be easily marked. Like the wire-embossed channel walls, the ablated channel surfaces become charged after alkaline hydrolysis treatment. Stable electroosmotic flow in the charged conduit is observed to be of the same order of magnitude as that in fused silica capillary. Typical dynamic coating protocols to alter the conduit surface properties are transferable to the ablated channels. The effects of buffer acidity on electroosmotic mobility in both bare and coated channels are similar to those in fused silica capillaries. Using video microscopy we also demonstrate that this device is useful in distinguishing the electrophoretic mobility of bare and latex particles from that of functionalized ones. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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