Polymer microfabrication technologies for microfluidic systems |
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Authors: | Holger Becker Claudia Gärtner |
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Institution: | (1) microfluidic ChipShop GmbH, Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 10, 07745 Jena, Germany |
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Abstract: | Polymers have assumed the leading role as substrate materials for microfluidic devices in recent years. They offer a broad
range of material parameters as well as material and surface chemical properties which enable microscopic design features
that cannot be realised by any other class of materials. A similar range of fabrication technologies exist to generate microfluidic
devices from these materials. This review will introduce the currently relevant microfabrication technologies such as replication
methods like hot embossing, injection molding, microthermoforming and casting as well as photodefining methods like lithography
and laser ablation for microfluidic systems and discuss academic and industrial considerations for their use. A section on
back-end processing completes the overview. |
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Keywords: | Microfluidics Microfabrication Polymers Biochips High throughput screening Miniaturization |
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