Supplementary Information for Microchannel deformations due to solvent-induced PDMS swelling
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Microchannel deformations due to solvent-induced PDMS swelling.
The compatibility of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) channels with certain solvents is a well known problem of soft lithography techniques, in particular when it leads to the swelling of the PDMS blocks. However, little is known about the modification of microchannel geometries when they are subjected to swelling solvents. Here, we experimentally measure the deformations of the roof of PDMS microch...
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