Lasers are fascinating tools for fabrication where an intense light is focused over a tiny spot
to remove material, either by the process of heating or by intense energy excitations on the …

The development of organ-on-chip and biological scaffolds is currently requiring simpler
methods for microstructure biocompatible materials in three dimensions, to fabricate …

Microfluidic devices and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) have become one of the
most interesting and important applications in biotechnology, biomedical, pharmaceutical …

Laser-driven chemical reactions have been developed for thin-film microelectronics
fabrication. A class of these processes relies on photochemical interactions between …

Among the most developed of all microsystem technologies are those related to
photolithographic microfabrication on planar substrates. In particular, technologies which …

Although material ablation by pulsed light sources has been studied since the invention of
the laser [1, 2], reports in 1982 of polymers etched by UV excimer lasers [3, 4] stimulated …

The function of this thesis is the implementation of a four axis motion system to an Infrared
Laser for micromachining applications. The ultimate goal of this project is to assemble a …

This paper reviews applications of laser-based techniques to the fabrication of microfluidic
devices for biochips and addresses some of the challenges associated with the manufacture …

Microchannel microfluidic components are being developed for heat transfer, chemical
reactor, chemical analysis, and biological analytical applications. Specific applications …