ARflow

Adhesives Research Brand

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AR’s proprietary ARflow® adhesive technologies reduce the surface tension of aqueous fluids (water, urine or blood), allowing for rapid flow from the inlet area to a remote reagent site within diagnostic and microfluidic devices. AR’s ARflow® hydrophilic surface technologies are available as pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs), heat-seals and coatings.

Knowde Brand Highlights

Benefits
  • Fast and stable capillary fills.

  • Proven compatibility with biosensors.

  • Non-interfering with test results.

  • Visible clarity for verification of fluid movement.

  • PSAs and heat seals demonstrates strong bonding to plastics.

  • Coatings bond easily to PSA spacer tapes.

  • Tailorable hydrophilic properties to regulate capillary fill time.

  • Customizable product construction including thickness, choice of substrate and release liner.

  • Printable lid stock

  • Clean die-cuts improve manufacturing efficiencies and capillary performance.

Applications
  • Spacers to join plastic pieces, form capillary channels and move fluids from an entrance to a detection zone.
  • Assemblies of in-vitro diagnostic devices and related membrane-based immunoassays.