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Bonding-less (B-less) fabrication of polymeric microsystems

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Abstract

A new technology of the microsystems fabrication was developed. The process is based on a so-called capillary film, which is a commercially available material. A matrix, master pattern corresponding to the microchannels structure, made of the capillary film emulsion is embedded inside a block of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). After polymer cross-linking, the matrix is dissolved and removed as a solution from the PDMS structure leaving network of empty spaces that can act as microchannels. In the paper, the fabrication methods of the microsystems with 2D or sandwich-like microchannels architecture were described.

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This work was financially supported by Warsaw University of Technology.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664, Warsaw, Poland

    Marcin Juchniewicz, Michał Chudy, Zbigniew Brzózka & Artur Dybko

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Juchniewicz, M., Chudy, M., Brzózka, Z. et al. Bonding-less (B-less) fabrication of polymeric microsystems. Microfluid Nanofluid 7, 733–737 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-009-0472-z

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Keywords

  • PDMS
  • Bonding less
  • B-less
  • Microfabrication
  • Capillary film
  • Microchannel