Urwyler, Prabitha; Pascual, Alfons; Kristiansen, Per Magnus; Gobrecht, Jens; Müller, Bert; Schift, Helmut (2013). Mechanical and Chemical Stability of Injection-Molded Microcantilevers Used for Sensing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 127(4), pp. 2363-2370. Wiley Periodicals 10.1002/app.37767
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Ultraviolet-ozone treatment is used as a standard surface cleaning procedure for removal of molecular organic contamination from analytical and sensing devices. Here, it is applied for injection-molded polymer microcantilevers before characterization and sensing experiments. This article examines the effects of the surface cleaning process using commercial equipment, in particular on the performance and mechanical properties of the cantilevers. It can be shown that the first chemical aging process essentially consist of the cross linking of the polymer chains together with a physical aging of the material. For longer exposure, the expected thermo-oxidative formation
of carbonyl groups sets in and an exposure dependent chemical degradation can be detected. A process time of 20 min was found suitable as a trade-off between cleaning and stability
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation |
UniBE Contributor: |
Urwyler-Harischandra, Prabitha |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics 500 Science > 540 Chemistry 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 600 Technology > 620 Engineering |
ISSN: |
1097-4628 |
Publisher: |
Wiley Periodicals |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Prabitha Urwyler-Harischandra |
Date Deposited: |
11 Apr 2014 11:24 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:32 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/app.37767 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
microcantilever, polymer, injection molding, ultraviolet, ozone, degradation, polypropylene |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/48968 |
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