It is well known that the mechanical properties of fiberglass reinforced "phenolic moulding compounds" are significantly enhanced if the glass particles are coated with silane coupling agents before compounding. It has been shown that improvements obtained by using scanning electron microscopy techniques are due to better bonding of phenolic resin to the surface of treated glass fibers. These o...

A hand-held corona treater is presented as an effective, inexpensive, and portable alternative for irreversible bonding of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to glass.

A simple, room-temperature bonding process was developed for the fabrication of glass microfluidic chips. High-quality bonding with high yields (>95%) was achieved without the requirement of clean room facilities, programmed high-temperature furnaces, pressurized water sources, adhesives, or pressurizing weights. The plates to be bonded were sequentially prewashed with acetone, detergent, high-...

For discovering the components that contributed to the bonding strength of the glue substances produced by appressoria of Pyricularia oryzae on wax-coated cover-glasses, the influences of metabolic inhibitors and hydrolytic enzymes were investigated. The bonding strength of appressoria was assessed by the ratio of the remaining appressoria after sonication to the appressoria formed before sonic...

This work addresses important post-packaging issues for microsystems and recommends specific research directions by localized heating and bonding. Micropackaging has become a major subject for both scientific research and industrial applications in the emerging filed of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Establishing a versatile post-packaging process not only advances the field but also sp...

In purely repulsive colloidal systems a glass transition can be reached by increasing the particle volume fraction beyond a certain threshold. The resulting glassy state is governed by configurational cages which confine particles and restrict their motion. A colloidal glass may also be formed by inducing attractive interactions between the particles. When attraction is turned on in a repulsive...