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Novel Transducer Calibration And Simulation Verification Of Polydimethylsiloxane (Pdms) Channels On Acoustic Microfluidic Devices, Scott T. Padilla

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The work and results presented in this dissertation concern two complimentary studies that are rooted in surface acoustic waves and transducer study.

Surface acoustic wave devices are utilized in a variety of fields that span biomedical applications to radio wave transmitters and receivers. Of interest in this dissertation is the study of surface acoustic wave interaction with polydimethylsiloxane. This material, commonly known as PDMS, is widely used in the microfluidic field applications in order to create channels for fluid flow on the surface of a piezoelectric substrate. The size, and type of PDMS that is created and ultimately etched on …