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| Title: | Contact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albumin |
| Authors: | Windvoel, VT
Mbanjwa, MB
Land, K |
| Keywords: | Polydimethylsiloxane
PDMS
Microfluidics
Contact angle |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | European Cells & Materials Ltd |
| Citation: | Windvoel, VT, Mbanjwa, MB and Land, K. 2010. Contact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albumin. European Cells and Materials, Vol.19(Supplement 1), pp 23 |
| Abstract: | Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has a hydrophobic surface, forming a contact angle of around 110º with deionised water. It is due to its hydrophobic nature that the elastomer is prone to bio-fouling, such as non-specific adsorption of biomaterials like proteins. This is a limitation to microfluidic applications that require hydrophobic surfaces where proteins are involved. This study determines the change in wetting of PDMS after fouling by a protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA), by measuring contact angles. |
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| URI: | http://www.ecmjournal.org/
http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3937 |
| ISSN: | 1473-2262 |
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