Rohr T, Yu C, Davey M H, Svec F, Fréchet J M
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Electrophoresis. 2001 Oct;22(18):3959-67. doi: 10.1002/1522-2683(200110)22:18<3959::AID-ELPS3959>3.0.CO;2-5.
Porous monolithic polymers have been prepared by photoinitiated polymerization of mixtures consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, ethylene dimethacrylate, UV-sensitive free radical initiator and porogenic solvent within channels of specifically designed microfluidic chips and used as micromixers. Substituting azobisisobutyronitrile with 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone considerably accelerated the kinetics of the polymerization. Mixtures of cyclohexanol and 1 -dodecanol and of hexane and methanol were used, respectively, to control the porous properties and therefore the mixing efficiency of the device. The performance of the monolithic mixers has been tested by pumping aqueous solutions of two fluorescent dyes at various flow rates and monitoring the point at which the boundary of both streams completely disappears. Best results were achieved with a monolithic mixer containing very large irregular pores.
通过在专门设计的微流控芯片通道内,对由甲基丙烯酸2-羟乙酯、二甲基丙烯酸乙烯酯、紫外线敏感自由基引发剂和成孔溶剂组成的混合物进行光引发聚合反应,制备出了多孔整体聚合物,并将其用作微混合器。用2,2-二甲氧基-2-苯基苯乙酮替代偶氮二异丁腈可显著加快聚合反应动力学。分别使用环己醇与1-十二醇的混合物以及己烷与甲醇的混合物来控制多孔性质,进而控制该装置的混合效率。通过以不同流速泵送两种荧光染料的水溶液,并监测两股流体边界完全消失的点,对整体混合器的性能进行了测试。含有非常大的不规则孔隙的整体混合器取得了最佳结果。