I&EC 151 |
| The ability to fabricate small patterns on flexible substrates has received considerable attentions due to potential applications to develop low coat plastic/organic/molecular electronics. We demonstrate here both of microfluidic synthesis and microfabrications of functional polymers to bring innovations in nanotechnology. For example, we employed a microfluidic approach to synthesize molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) particles, which is a highly cross-linked macroporous thermoset with both high internal surface areas and specific molecular recognition sites for fabricating bio-chemical sensors. In order to achieve high sensitive, we provide micro-sized MIPs' particles, which have only high affinity receptor sites since particle sizes of MIP polymers are directly related to their affinity functions of specific molecular recognition. We also carried out the microfabrications of MIP through MIMIC process using photomasks. This study presents fluorescence microscopic images of MIPs' system by rebinding synthesized fluorescent templates. We also present designs of new materials for functional fabrications. |
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Nanotechnology and the Environment: Emphasis on Green Nanotechnology
8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday, April 10, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 231, Oral
Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry |