Rapid bonding of polydimethylsiloxane to stereolithographically manufactured epoxy components using a photogenerated intermediary layer

Lab Chip. 2013 Jun 21;13(12):2268-71. doi: 10.1039/c3lc50341k. Epub 2013 May 3.

Abstract

We describe a low cost, photo-induced, room-temperature bonding technique for bonding epoxy components to flexible PDMS membranes in less than half an hour. Bond strengths (~350 kPa) were characterized by ISO-conform tensile testing for a popular stereolithography resin and found comparable bond strengths as reported for PDMS/PDMS bonds.