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Microfabrication with Very Low-Average Power of Green Light to Produce PDMS Microchips.

ABSTRACT: In this article, we show an alternative low-cost fabrication method to obtain poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic devices. The proposed method allows the inscription of micron resolution channels on polystyrene (PS) surfaces, used as a mold for the wanted microchip's production, by applying a high absorption coating film on the PS surface to ablate it with a focused low-power visible laser. The method allows for obtaining micro-resolution channels at powers between 2 and 10 mW and can realize any two-dimensional polymeric devices. The effect of the main processing parameters on the channel's geometry is presented.

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Cedillo LM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7921959 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microfabrication with Very Low-Average Power of Green Light to Produce PDMS Microchips.

Hernandez-Cedillo Lucero M LM Vázquez-Cuevas Francisco G FG Quintero-Torres Rafael R Aragón Jose L JL Ocampo Mortera Miguel Angel MA Ordóñez-Romero Cesar L CL Domínguez-Juárez Jorge L JL

Polymers 20210218 4

In this article, we show an alternative low-cost fabrication method to obtain poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic devices. The proposed method allows the inscription of micron resolution channels on polystyrene (PS) surfaces, used as a mold for the wanted microchip's production, by applying a high absorption coating film on the PS surface to ablate it with a focused low-power visible laser. The method allows for obtaining micro-resolution channels at powers between 2 and 10 mW and can re ...[more]

PMID: 33670467

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