Rapid fabrication of embossing tools for the production of polymeric microfluidic devices for bioanalytical applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4560, Issue , 2001, Pages 207-216

  Ford, Sean M ^a   McCandless, Andrew ^a   Liu, Xuezhu ^b   Soper, Steven A ^b  

^a International Mezzo Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embossing; LIGA; Microfluidics; Micromolding; PMMA; SU 8

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; NICKEL; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMERS; STAINLESS STEEL; X RAY LITHOGRAPHY;

EMBOSSING TOOLS; POLYMERIC MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 0035766393     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.443060     Document Type: Article

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