ArticleACS omega2024
Silica Aerogel in Microfluidic Channels: Synthesis, Chip Integration, Mechanical Reinforcement, and Characterization.
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Abstract
Silica aerogels are highly porous materials with unique properties such as high specific surface area, high thermal insulation, and high open porosity. These characteristics make them attractive for several applications in closed microfluidic channels such as BioMEMS, catalysis, and thermal insulation. However, aerogel-filled microchannels have not been reported in the literature yet because of the complexity of creating a process that controls the integration, shrinkage, and mechanical stability of these materials inside a closed channel. In this work, a process is presented to integrate aerogels in microchannels with reproducibility, mechanical stability, and no shrinkage. This protocol is based on the filling of channels during the gelation, which is crucial to avoid shrinkage, CO
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