Fabrication of polymeric micropatterns by maskless projection method

Jun Kobayashi; Masayuki Yamato; Akihiko Kikuchi; Teruo Okano

Fabrication of polymeric micropatterns by maskless projection method

Jun Kobayashi, Masayuki Yamato, Akihiko Kikuchi, Teruo Okano

Department of Materials Science and Technology

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Abstract

We have developed an all-in-one device for photopolymerization-based microfabrication of microfluidic devices by modifying a commercially available liquid crystal display projector (LCDP). Microchannel networks were fabricated from the images prepared with software run on personal computers. Representative microfluidic behavior (e.g. laminar flow patterning) indicates that the quality of microchannels fabricated in poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) seem sufficient for microfluidic research applications. The maskless fabrication is considered to be a versatile approach for rapid prototyping of microfluidic systems without specific skills for microfabrication, expensive apparatus, and cleanroom facilities.

Original language	English
Pages	4831-4832
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	54th SPSJ Symposium on Macromolecules - Yamagata, Japan Duration: 20 Sept 2005 → 22 Sept 2005

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Conference	54th SPSJ Symposium on Macromolecules
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yamagata
Period	20/09/05 → 22/09/05

Keywords

Liquid crystal display projector
Masless
Microfluidics
Photopolymerization
Softlithography

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Fabrication of polymeric micropatterns by maskless projection method

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