Rapid prototyping of microchannels with surface patterns for fabrication of polymer fibers
Abstract
Microfluidic technology has provided innovative solutions to numerous problems, but the cost of designing and fabricating microfluidic channels is impeding its expansion. In this study, Shrinky-Dink thermoplastic sheets are used to create multilayered complex templates for microfluidic channels. We also used inkjet and laserjet printers to raise a predetermined microchannel geometry by depositing several layers of ink for each feature consecutively. We achieved feature heights over 100 μm, which were measured and compared with surface profilometry. Templates closest to the target geometry were then used to create microfluidic devices from soft-lithography with the molds as a template. These microfluidic devices were, futhermore used to fabricate polymer microfibers using the microfluidic focusing approach to demonstrate the potential that this process has for microfluidic applications. Finally, an economic analysis was conducted to compare the price of common microfluidic template manufacturing methods. We showed that multilayer microchannels can be created significantly quicker and cheaper than current methods for design prototyping and point-of-care applications in the biomedical area.
- Authors:
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- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Iowa State Univ. and Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Ames National Lab., Iowa
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1227413
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-8796
Journal ID: ISSN 2046-2069; RSCACL
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358; Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI)
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- RSC Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 87; Journal ID: ISSN 2046-2069
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Goodrich, Payton J., Sharifi, Farrokh, and Hashemi, Nastaran. Rapid prototyping of microchannels with surface patterns for fabrication of polymer fibers. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1039/c5ra15154f.
Goodrich, Payton J., Sharifi, Farrokh, & Hashemi, Nastaran. Rapid prototyping of microchannels with surface patterns for fabrication of polymer fibers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra15154f
Goodrich, Payton J., Sharifi, Farrokh, and Hashemi, Nastaran. Fri .
"Rapid prototyping of microchannels with surface patterns for fabrication of polymer fibers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra15154f. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1227413.
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title = {Rapid prototyping of microchannels with surface patterns for fabrication of polymer fibers},
author = {Goodrich, Payton J. and Sharifi, Farrokh and Hashemi, Nastaran},
abstractNote = {Microfluidic technology has provided innovative solutions to numerous problems, but the cost of designing and fabricating microfluidic channels is impeding its expansion. In this study, Shrinky-Dink thermoplastic sheets are used to create multilayered complex templates for microfluidic channels. We also used inkjet and laserjet printers to raise a predetermined microchannel geometry by depositing several layers of ink for each feature consecutively. We achieved feature heights over 100 μm, which were measured and compared with surface profilometry. Templates closest to the target geometry were then used to create microfluidic devices from soft-lithography with the molds as a template. These microfluidic devices were, futhermore used to fabricate polymer microfibers using the microfluidic focusing approach to demonstrate the potential that this process has for microfluidic applications. Finally, an economic analysis was conducted to compare the price of common microfluidic template manufacturing methods. We showed that multilayer microchannels can be created significantly quicker and cheaper than current methods for design prototyping and point-of-care applications in the biomedical area.},
doi = {10.1039/c5ra15154f},
journal = {RSC Advances},
number = 87,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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