Issue 7, 2008
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Lab on a Chip

Monolithic photolithographically patterned Fluorocur™ PFPE membrane valves and pumps for in situ planetary exploration

Peter A. Willis,*a   Frank Greer,a   Michael C. Lee,a   J. Anthony Smith,a   Victor E. White,a   Frank J. Grunthaner,a   Jacob J. Spragueb  and  Jason P. Rollandb  

* Corresponding authors

a Instrument Electronics and Sensors Section, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, California, USA
E-mail: willis@jpl.nasa.gov

b Liquidia Technologies, Inc., P.O. Box 110085, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Abstract

Photolithographically defined monolithic membrane valves utilizing Fluorocur™ perfluoropolyether (PFPE) were fabricated and characterized to be essentially unaltered after one million actuations and exposure to the environmental stresses associated with in situ exploration of Mars.

Graphical abstract: Monolithic photolithographically patterned Fluorocur™ PFPE membrane valves and pumps for in situ planetary exploration

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B804265A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Mar 2008
Accepted
06 May 2008
First published
22 May 2008

Lab Chip, 2008,8, 1024-1026

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Monolithic photolithographically patterned Fluorocur™ PFPE membrane valves and pumps for in situ planetary exploration

P. A. Willis, F. Greer, M. C. Lee, J. A. Smith, V. E. White, F. J. Grunthaner, J. J. Sprague and J. P. Rolland, Lab Chip, 2008, 8, 1024 DOI: 10.1039/B804265A

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