George M. Whitesides

Comparison of the structures and wetting properties of self-assembled monolayers of n-alkanethiols on the coinage metal surfaces, copper, silver, and gold

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTComparison of the structures and wetting properties of self-assembled monolayers of n-alkanethiols on the coinage metal surfaces, cop...

Adsorption of proteins onto surfaces containing end-attached oligo(ethylene oxide): a model system using self-assembled monolayers

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTAdsorption of proteins onto surfaces containing end-attached oligo(ethylene oxide): a model system using self-assembled monolayersKev...

Mirrorless Lasing from Mesostructured Waveguides Patterned by Soft Lithography

Mesostructured silica waveguide arrays were fabricated with a combination of acidic sol-gel block copolymer templating chemistry and soft lithography. Waveguiding was enabled by...

Fabrication of Large-Area Patterned Nanostructures for Optical Applications by Nanoskiving

Cost-effective and convenient methods for fabrication of patterned metallic nanostructures over the large (mm2) areas required for applications in photonics are much needed. In ...

The origins and the future of microfluidics

Fabrication of microfluidic systems in poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Microfluidic devices are finding increasing application as analytical systems, biomedical devices, tools for chemistry and biochemistry, and systems for fundamental research. Co...

Microfluidic devices fabricated in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) for biological studies

Abstract This review describes microfluidic systems in poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) for biological studies. Properties of PDMS that make it a suitable platform for miniaturized...

Components for integrated poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic systems

This review describes the design and fabrication of microfluidic systems in poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). PDMS is a soft polymer with attractive physical and chemical propertie...

Flexible Methods for Microfluidics

Devices for handling nanoliter quantities of fluids are creating new fabrication challenges and finding new applications in biology, chemistry, and materials science.

Torque-Actuated Valves for Microfluidics

This paper describes torque-actuated valves for controlling the flow of fluids in microfluidic channels. The valves consist of small machine screws (> or =500 microm) embedded i...

Design for mixing using bubbles in branched microfluidic channels

This letter describes a method for producing chaotic transport trajectories in planar, microfluidic networks prepared by standard, single-step lithography and operated with a st...