Low-cost rapid prototyping of flexible plastic paper based microfluidic devices
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Conference PaperKAUST Department
Electromechanical Microsystems & Polymer Integration Research Lab (EMPIRe)Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Electrical Engineering Program
Date
2013-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/564704
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This research presents a novel rapid prototyping method for paper-based flexible microfluidic devices. The microchannels were fabricated using laser ablation on a piece of plastic paper (permanent paper), the dimensions of the microchannels was carefully studied for various laser powers and scanning speeds. After laser ablation of the microchannels on the plastic paper, a transparent poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) film was thermally bonded to the plastic paper to enclose the channels. After connection of tubing, the device was ready to use. An example microfluidic device (droplet generator) was also fabricated using this technique. Due to the flexibility of the fabricated device, this technique can be used to fabricate 3D microfluidic devices. The fabrication process was simple and rapid without any requirement of cleanroom facilities. © 2013 IEEE.Citation
Yiqiang Fan, Huawei Li, Ying Yi, & Foulds, I. G. (2013). Low-cost rapid prototyping of flexible plastic paper based microfluidic devices. The 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems. doi:10.1109/nems.2013.6559708Conference/Event name
8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013ISBN
9781467363525ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/NEMS.2013.6559708