Fabrication and applications of microfluidic devices: A review

AG Niculescu, C Chircov, AC Bîrcă… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics is a relatively newly emerged field based on the combined principles of
physics, chemistry, biology, fluid dynamics, microelectronics, and material science. Various …

Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices

DJ Teixeira Carvalho, L Moroni… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Organ-on-a-chip devices have enabled major breakthroughs in biomedical research, but
they have yet to be successfully translated to the pharmaceutical industry. Traditional …

A practical guide to rapid-prototyping of PDMS-based microfluidic devices: A tutorial

GG Morbioli, NC Speller, AM Stockton - Analytica chimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Micro total analytical systems (μTAS) are attractive to multiple fields that include chemistry,
medicine and engineering due to their portability, low power usage, potential for automation …

Applications, materials, and fabrication of micro glass parts and devices: An overview

H Hamed, M Eldiasty, SM Seyedi-Sahebari… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Material selection is a critical factor that affects the performance of devices and parts on a
microscale. Glass is a candidate material for micro applications as it possesses notable …

Soft microreactors for the deposition of conductive metallic traces on planar, embossed, and curved surfaces

A Konda, A Rau, MA Stoller, JM Taylor… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced manufacturing strategies have enabled large‐scale, economical, and efficient
production of electronic components that are an integral part of various consumer products …

Self-regenerating and hybrid irreversible/reversible PDMS microfluidic devices

LS Shiroma, MHO Piazzetta, GF Duarte-Junior… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
This paper outlines a straightforward, fast, and low-cost method to fabricate
polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) chips. Termed sandwich bonding (SWB), this method requires …

Reversible bonding of microfluidics: Review and applications

Y Zhang, K Sun, Y Xie, K Liang, J Zhang… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
With the development of microfluidic technology, new materials and fabrication methods
have been constantly invented in the field of microfluidics. Bonding is one of the key steps …

Rapid customization of 3D integrated microfluidic chips via modular structure-based design

J Qiu, Q Gao, H Zhao, J Fu, Y He - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In recent years, 3D integrated microfluidic systems have become increasingly more popular
because of their ability to incorporate multifunctional components, including porous …

Centrifugal microfluidics for sorting immune cells from whole blood

ZTF Yu, JG Joseph, SX Liu, MK Cheung… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sorting and enumeration of immune cells from blood are critical operations involved in many
clinical applications. Conventional methods for sorting and counting immune cells from …

Reversible bonding for microfluidic devices with UV release tape

Y Yao, L Li, J Jiang, Y Zhang, G Chen, Y Fan - Microfluidics and …, 2022 - Springer
For closed-channel microfluidic chips, a layer of the cover plate is usually bonded to the
substrate layer to enclose the fabricated microstructures on the surface of the substrate …