초록

A method of performing a lower temperature bonding technique to bond together two mating pieces of glass includes applying a sodium silicate aqueous solution between the two pieces.

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1. A device comprising:a first non-perforated glass piece; a second non-perforated glass piece having a surface mating with a corresponding surface of the first non-perforated glass piece; a film disposed between the first and the second non-perforated glass pieces and bonding the first and second n

1. A device comprising:a first non-perforated glass piece; a second non-perforated glass piece having a surface mating with a corresponding surface of the first non-perforated glass piece; a film disposed between the first and the second non-perforated glass pieces and bonding the first and second non-perforated glass pieces, the film being made of a bonding agent that is capable of covalently bonding to both mating surfaces, wherein the bonding between the first and second non-perforated glass pieces is effected without use of temperatures greater than 90.degree. C., wherein the bonding agent is sodium silicate, silicic acid, polymeric forms of silicic acid, alkoxysilane, silane, or tetramethoxysilane; and at least one microchannel located on the mating surfaces of the glass pieces, wherein the at least one microchannel is a groove in the mating surface of the first or the second non-perforated glass piece.