Silicate glass coated microchannels through a phase conversion process for glass-like electrokinetic performance.

The surface modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microchannels show a much more inferior performance to the durable and reproducible glass chip. In this paper, a facile approach to preparing a silicate glass modified PDMS microchannel for glass-like performance is presented. This glass-like performance is made possible by a phase conversion of a preceramic polymer--allylhydridopolycarbosilane (AHPCS). The, several hundred nanometer thick, polymer that coats the PDMS channel is hydrolyzed to form hydrophilic silicate glass via phase conversion under an aqueous alkali condition. It is characterized by XPS, FTIR-ATR, AFM, and contact angle measurements. The silicate glass coated PDMS channel from AHPCS has an excellent solvent resistance, delivers a high electroosmotic flow (EOF) that is stable in the long-term (4.9±0.1×10(-4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1)) and a reliable capillary electrophoresis (CE), which are comparable to those of native glass channels. Moreover, the silicate glass PDMS channel allows easy regeneration of the electrokinetic behavior, just as in a glass channel, by a simple treatment with alkali solution. This coating approach can be applied to other polymer substrates such as polyimide (PI).

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