Solution and Surface Composition Gradients via Microfluidic Confinement

by C. Xu et al. Advanced Materials, June 2006 Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated an elegantly simple technique for synthesizing a wide variety of complex surfaces that vary in a controlled fashion across a test strip. The new technique is so flexible that it can be applied to surface science experiments ranging from developing better paints to exploring the bonding of proteins to cell membranes. Read more