A comprehensive review on microfluidics technology and its applications

S Venkatesan, J Jerald, P Asokan… - Recent Advances in …, 2020 - Springer
In modern fields of science, the urge for analysing the characterization of fluid flow as well as
fabricating micro level devices to facilitate fluid flow is increasing noticeably. The technology …

Desktop micromilled microfluidics

A Lashkaripour, R Silva, D Densmore - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2018 - Springer
Micromilling is a proven method for prototyping microfluidic devices; however, high
overhead costs, large machine footprints, an esoteric software stack, and nonstandard …

Rapid prototyping of PMMA-based microfluidic spheroid-on-a-chip models using micromilling and vapour-assisted thermal bonding

MAM Ahmed, KM Jurczak, NS Lynn Jr, JPSH Mulder… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The application of microfluidic devices as next-generation cell and tissue culture systems
has increased impressively in the last decades. With that, a plethora of materials as well as …

Innovative fabrication of hollow microneedle arrays enabling blood sampling with a self-powered microfluidic patch

L Van Hileghem, S Kushwaha, A Piovesan… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microneedles are gaining a lot of attention in the context of sampling cutaneous biofluids
such as capillary blood. Their minimal invasiveness and user-friendliness make them a …

A cost-effective micromilling platform for rapid prototyping of microdevices

DP Yen, Y Ando, K Shen - Technology, 2016 - World Scientific
Micromilling has great potential in producing microdevices for lab-on-a-chip and organ-on-a-
chip applications, but has remained under-utilized due to the high machinery costs and …

The analysis of the urea biosensors using different sensing matrices via wireless measurement system & microfluidic measurement system

JC Chou, CY Wu, SH Lin, PY Kuo, CH Lai, YH Nien… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Two types of urea biosensors were integrated with a wireless measurement system and
microfluidic measurement system. The two biosensors used were (i) a magnetic beads …

A method for simultaneous polishing and hydrophobization of polycarbonate for microfluidic applications

D Ogończyk, P Jankowski, P Garstecki - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Here we present a new methodology for chemical polishing of microchannels in
polycarbonate (PC). Tuning the time of exposition and the concentration of ammonia, the …

Improvement in surface quality of microchannel structures fabricated by revolving tip-based machining

B Xue, Y Geng, D Wang, Y Sun, Y Yan - Nanomanufacturing and …, 2019 - Springer
In the present paper, the process parameters of revolving tip-based machining were
optimized for the fabrication of microchannel structures. It was found that in comparison with …

Experimental analysis of the surface roughness evolution of etched glass for micro/nanofluidic devices

J Ren, B Ganapathysubramanian… - Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Roughness of channel surfaces, both deterministic and random, is known to affect the fluid
flow behavior in micro/nanoscale fluidic devices. This has relevance particularly for …

Optimization of micromilled channels for microfluidic applications using gas-blowing-assisted PDMS coating

X Liu, Z Dong, Q Zhao, G Li - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2020 - Springer
Micromilling is a flexible, inexpensive and rapid prototyping technique for polymer
microfluidic devices. However, the applications of microfluidic devices fabricated by …