High-Throughput Contact Flow Lithography.
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SUBMITTER: Le Goff GC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115321 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
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High-Throughput Contact Flow Lithography.
Le Goff Gaelle C GC Lee Jiseok J Gupta Ankur A Hill William Adam WA Doyle Patrick S PS
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20150624 10
<b>High-throughput fabrication of graphically encoded hydrogel microparticles</b> is achieved by combining flow contact lithography in a multichannel microfluidic device and a high capacity 25 mm LED UV source. Production rates of chemically homogeneous particles are improved by two orders of magnitude. Additionally, the custom-built contact lithography instrument provides an affordable solution for patterning complex microstructures on surfaces. ...[more]
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