Windvoel, VTMbanjwa, MBLand, K2010-02-092010-02-092010Windvoel, 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 231473-2262http://www.ecmjournal.org/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3937Copyright of this article belongs to the authors.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.enPolydimethylsiloxanePDMSMicrofluidicsContact angleContact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albuminArticleWindvoel, V., Mbanjwa, M., & Land, K. (2010). Contact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albumin. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3937Windvoel, VT, MB Mbanjwa, and K Land "Contact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albumin." (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3937Windvoel V, Mbanjwa M, Land K. Contact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albumin. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3937.TY - Article AU - Windvoel, VT AU - Mbanjwa, MB AU - Land, K AB - 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. DA - 2010 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Polydimethylsiloxane KW - PDMS KW - Microfluidics KW - Contact angle LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 1473-2262 T1 - Contact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albumin TI - Contact angle studies on PDMS surfaces fouled by bovine serum albumin UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3937 ER -