Fabrication of Micro Fluidic Channels in Polymers by Melt-Electrospinning

Abstract:

The microfluidic has been applied to the field of bio-medicine, micro fluidic electronic in recent years. In this paper we reported a simple methodology to fabricate PDMS microfluidic channels. The method consists of three main fabrication steps: (1) Direct write the micrometric PCL 2D or 3D pattern by the near-field melt-electrospinning. (2) Cast the PDMS on the printed PCL pattern. (3) Completely remove the embedded sacrificial PCL layer by soaking and flushing with acetone. Uniformity of the morphology of the micro channels and well-alignment could be easily achieved due to include the dimensions achievable using this method. We have also designed and fabricated a few micro fluidic channels. SEM and white-light interferometer images were taken to illustrate the characters of essential parts. This work demonstrated the potential utilization of this technique.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 909)
• Pages: 151-156
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.909.151
• Online since: November 2017
• Authors: Jun Zeng, Can Ran Lin, Fei Yu Fang, Feng Liang, Han Wang*, Fan Wen Yang, Pei Xuan Wu
• Keywords: Melt-Electrospinning, Micro Channels, Micro-Fabrication, PDMS Fluidic

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