Investigation of wax and paper materials for the fabrication of paper-based microfluidic devices

ZW Zhong, ZP Wang, GXD Huang - Microsystem technologies, 2012 - Springer
Paper-based microfluidic devices hold great potential in today's microfluidic applications.
They offer low costs, simple and quick fabrication processes, ease of uses, etc. In this work …

Fabrication process for electromagnetic actuators compatible with polymer based microfluidic devices

M Rahbar, S Seyfollahi, A Khosla, BL Gray… - ECS …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate a new hybrid-soft-lithography micromolding process that results in a
mechanically-compliant, magnetically actuated membrane. The new microactuator consists …

Poly (methyl methacrylate) surface modification for surfactant-free real-time toxicity assay on droplet microfluidic platform

R Ortiz, JL Chen, DC Stuckey… - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Microfluidic droplet reactors have many potential uses, from analytical to synthesis. Stable
operation requires preferential wetting of the channel surface by the continuous phase …

Photolithography with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)

DJ Carbaugh, JT Wright, R Parthiban… - Semiconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is widely used as an electron beam resist but is not used
as a photoresist because of its insensitivity to electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths …

Deep UV patterning of acrylic masters for molding biomimetic dry adhesives

D Sameoto, C Menon - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a novel fabrication method for the production of biomimetic dry adhesives that
allows enormous variation in fiber shapes and sizes. The technology is based on deep-UV …

Microwave-induced, thermally assisted solvent bonding for low-cost PMMA microfluidic devices

M Rahbar, S Chhina, D Sameoto… - Journal of …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a low-cost bonding method for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microfluidics
that combines elements of solvent bonding, thermal bonding and microwave bonding …

Fabrication and optical characterization of microstructures in poly (methylmethacrylate) and poly (dimethylsiloxane) using femtosecond pulses for photonic and …

DLN Kallepalli, NR Desai, VR Soma - Applied Optics, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We fabricated several microstructures, such as buried gratings, surface gratings, surface
microcraters, and microchannels, in bulk poly (methylmethacrylate)(PMMA) and poly …

Bonding PMMA microfluidics using commercial microwave ovens

A Toossi, H Moghadas, M Daneshmand… - Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a novel low-cost, rapid substrate-bonding technique is successfully applied to
polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) microfluidics bonding for the first time. This technique uses …

Polystyrene pocket lithography: sculpting plastic with light

P Samal, JRK Samal, E Gubbins, P Vroemen… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue‐culture‐ware polystyrene is the gold standard for in vitro cell culture. While
microengineering techniques can create advanced cell microenvironments in polystyrene …

Soft lithography, molding, and micromachining techniques for polymer micro devices

AK Sen, A Raj, U Banerjee, SR Iqbal - … Electrophoresis: Methods and …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter enumerates the methods, protocol, and safety procedures of various fabrication
techniques for polymer-based microfluidic devices. The polymer materials can be a solid or …