Direct, one-step molding of 3D-printed structures for convenient fabrication of truly 3D PDMS microfluidic chips

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-18

  Chan, Ho Nam ^a   Chen, Yangfan ^a   Shu, Yiwei ^a   Chen, Yin ^a   Tian, Qian ^a   Wu, Hongkai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

3D microfluidic chip; 3D printing; One step molding; PDMS; Soft lithography

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLDING; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SILICONES;

3-D MICROFLUIDIC; 3-D PRINTING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MOLDING TECHNIQUES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PRINTED STRUCTURES; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84931269554     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1542-4     Document Type: Article

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