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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2007
Applicant:
Stephen Coulson, Abingdon, GB;
Inventor:
Stephen Coulson, Abingdon, GB;
Assignee:
P2i Ltd., Abington, Oxfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); C08F 220/24 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B05D 1/00 (2006.01); B05D 5/08 (2006.01); C09D 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 220/24 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B05D 1/62 (2013.01); B05D 5/083 (2013.01); C09D 4/00 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microfabricated device or component thereof, such as microfluidics or nanofluidics device having a uniform non-wetting or non-absorbing polymeric coating or surface modification formed on a surface thereof by ionization or activation technology such as plasma processing, to produce a surface energy of less than 15 mNm. The treatment enhances the free-flowing properties of a liquid through the device during use.