• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.560-562
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• 2004

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.28 no.10
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• pp.1598-1602
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• 2004

In this paper, we report a microthermostat using PDMS (poly-dimethylsiloxane) and glass. This PDMS/glass chip is able to maintain constant temperature that is necessary for restriction enzyme reaction. Since PDMS is the low-cost and the mass-producible material and has very good biochemical compatibility, PDMS chip has more benefit than general Si chip. Heater was made of Au wiring patterned on Pyrex glass. A reaction chamber has a capacity of about 3 ${mu}ell$. We performed a restriction enzyme reaction by using the fabricated microthermostat and conventional method. Then, with the electrophoresis, we made a comparison between the result from the micro reactor and the one from conventional method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1978.1_1979.1
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• 2009

In this paper, we have proposed and demonstrated a tonometry sensor array for measuring arterial pulse pressure. A sensor module consists of 7 piezoresistive pressure sensor array. Wire-bonded connection was provided between silicon chip and lead frame. PDMS(poly-dimethylsiloxane) was coated on the sensor array to protect fragile sensor while faithfully transmitting the pressure of radial artery to the sensor. Tonometric pulse pressure can be measured by this packaged sensor array that provides the pressure value versus the output voltage.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.1216-1221
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• 2006

A protein array was fabricated for a miniaturized immunoassay using microcontact printing ($\mu$CP). A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp with a 5 $\mu$m$\times$5 /$\mu$m dimension was molded from a silicon master developed by photolithography. Under optimal fabrication conditions, including the baking, incubation, and exposure time, a silicon master was successfully fabricated with a definite aspect ratio. An antibody fragment was utilized as the ink for the $\mu$CP, and transferred to an Au substrate because of the Au-thiol (-SH) interaction. The immobilization and antibody-antigen interaction were investigated with fluorescence microscopy. When human serum albumin (HSA) was applied to the protein array fabricated with an antibody against HSA, the detection limit was 100 pg/ml of HSA when using a secondary antibody labeled with a fluorescence tag. The fabricated protein array maintained its activity for 14 days.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.329-334
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• 2011

We proposed a poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-coated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) temperature sensor for enhancing temperature sensitivity. By embedding the bare FBG in a temperature-sensitive elastomeric polymer, the temperature sensitivity of the proposed structure could be effectively improved by 4.2 times higher than those of the conventional bare-type FBG sensors due to the high thermal expansion coefficient of the PDMS. We analyzed the temperature-sensitivity enhancement effect with the increased Bragg wavelength shift in our structure and dependence on the temperature sensitivity with respect to the cross-section area of the PDMS.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.919-921
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• 2005

We describe that an elastomeric stamp of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) can modify the surface energy of some surfaces when brought into conformal contact with the number of stamping. We focus on an increase of the hydrophobicity of the patterned surface due to diffusion of low molecular weight (LMW) silicone polymer chains. The transfer of PDMS to the surface during patterning is relevant to and calls for attention by those who are using this method in applications where control of the surface chemistry is of importance for the application.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.1021-1024
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• 2003

In this work, we fabricated various 2D metallic and polymeric nanopatterns with the feature resolution of sub-micrometer scale by using the method of microcontact printing ($\mu$ P) based on soft lithography. Silicon masters for the micromolding were made by e-beam lithography. Composite poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) molds were composed of a thin, hard layer supported by soft PDMS layer. Finally, monodisperse metal or polymer particles could be obtained in the prepared pattern for the application of electronic devices.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.374-377
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• 2005

We proposed a new fabrication method for stable flexible LCDs using stamping method with durable elastomer such as poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). In the device, the LC molecules are isolated in pixels where LCs are surrounded by PDMS microstructure, and two substrates are tightly attached by phase separated polymer layer. The electro-optic characteristics of our cell are comparable to those of normal sample without PDMS microstructure. We propose cost-effective roll-to-roll process for large size of plastic LCDs with our method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Laser Processing Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.96-102
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• 2006

In this study, manufacturing of polymer master, PDMS(poly dimethylsiloxane) transfer mold, and mold insert was investigated for laser LIGA(LIthography Calvanoformung Abformtechnik). Initially, ablation by excimer laser radiation was used successfully to make 3-D microstructure of PET. After then, the PDMS transfer mold was replicated using ablated PET. Finally, epoxy resin tooling on replicated PDMS transfer mold was executed for making mold insert. From these facts we can conclude that excimer laser ablation of polymer and fabricaiton of PDMS transfer mold are reasonable tools to substitute for X-ray lithography of LIGA process in microstructuring.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.73-80
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• 1999

The removal of trace chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons from water by a pervaporation technique has been carried out through poly (dimethylsiloxane) membrane which had been fabricated by the addition crosslinking reaction. This study dealt with the swelling and permeation behaviors of the PDMS membranes with dichloroethane trichloroethane and toluene aqueous solutions. The swelling ratio in the toluene aqueous solution was much higher than those in the chloroethane solutions at all of the operating temperatures and concentrations. The solubility parameter theory was introduced to interpret the affinity between permeates and a membrane material and in all cases this approach seemed to be proper. It was suggested that the existence of water clusters in the membrane due to the hydrophobic characteristics of the membrane made the size of the permeating water larger resulting in suppressing water permeation and increasing enrichment of the organic components. The permeation behaviors at different membrane thicknesses were indirectly interpreted in terms of the effect of concentration polarization.