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ArticleSoft materials2021

Increasing Silicone Mold Longevity: A Review of Surface Modification Techniques for PDMS-PDMS Double Casting.

Ali Ansari, Rajiv Trehan, Craig Watson, Samuel Senyo

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Article in Soft materials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Engineering flexible superblack materials.Nature communications · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ali AnsariDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rajiv TrehanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Craig WatsonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Samuel SenyoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Funding

Training In Cardiovascular Physiology & PharmacologyT32HL007444 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ju Chen, Robert Scott Ross · 1985 to 2026
$11.1M
UCSD PRIDE Faculty Development Program in Cardiovascular SciencesR25HL145817 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Robert Scott Ross, Joann Trejo · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
CWRU- Cardiovascular Research Training ProgramT32HL134622 · NHLBI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI JAIN, MUKESH KUMAR, PROWELLER, AARON · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Replacement of Small Animal Echocardiographic InstrumentationS10OD010417 · OD · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI ROSS, ROBERT SCOTT · 2012 to 2012
$371k
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH FACILITIESC06RR012463 · NCRR · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI KUTINA, KENNETH L · 1997 to 1997
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NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR012463NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL145817NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007444NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL134622NIH HHS S10 OD010417
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) has been used extensively for microfluidic devices due to its chemical properties allowing for rapid molding and versatile biological application. Soft lithography based PDMS fabrication primarily comprises casting from patterned photoresist on a silicon wafer. The patterned photoresist is often replaced with the cast PDMS as a more durable template mold for final PDMS fabrication that is less fragile and expensive. PDMS-PDMS double casting prolongs the longevity of soft lithography molds and reduces overall costs to microfuidic applications. A common end to the lifetime of PDMS negative masters is the risk of bonding between the replicate and mold and distorted topographrical features. This review examines common chemical and physical debonding approaches between PDMS-PDMS castings to exend the lifetime of PDMS masters.

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PMID35035304
PMCPMC8758012

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