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Photolithographic surface micromachining of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).

ABSTRACT: A major technical hurdle in microfluidics is the difficulty in achieving high fidelity lithographic patterning on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Here, we report a simple yet highly precise and repeatable PDMS surface micromachining method using direct photolithography followed by reactive ion etching (RIE). Our method to achieve surface patterning of PDMS applied an O(2) plasma treatment to PDMS to activate its surface to overcome the challenge of poor photoresist adhesion on PDMS for photolithography. Our photolithographic PDMS surface micromachining technique is compatible with conventional soft lithography techniques and other silicon-based surface and bulk micromachining methods. To illustrate the general application of our method, we demonstrated fabrication of large microfiltration membranes and free-standing beam structures in PDMS.

SUBMITTER: Chen W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4120064 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Photolithographic surface micromachining of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).

Chen Weiqiang W Lam Raymond H W RH Fu Jianping J

Lab on a chip 20111117 2

A major technical hurdle in microfluidics is the difficulty in achieving high fidelity lithographic patterning on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Here, we report a simple yet highly precise and repeatable PDMS surface micromachining method using direct photolithography followed by reactive ion etching (RIE). Our method to achieve surface patterning of PDMS applied an O(2) plasma treatment to PDMS to activate its surface to overcome the challenge of poor photoresist adhesion on PDMS for photolithogr ...[more]

PMID: 22089984

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