Journal
MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 751-760Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0917-z
Keywords
Microfluidics; Electronics integration; PDMS; Laser ablation; Transfer bonding; Dielectrophoresis
Funding
- Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship [1994_2011]
- University of Wollongong through a UIC
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We report a simple and cost-effective method for fabricating integrated electronic-microfluidic devices with multilayer configurations. A CO2 laser plotter was employed to directly write patterns on a transferred polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer, which served as both a bonding and a working layer. The integration of electronics in microfluidic devices was achieved by an alignment bonding of top and bottom electrode-patterned substrates fabricated with conventional lithography, sputtering and lift-off techniques. Processes of the developed fabrication method were illustrated. Major issues associated with this method as PDMS surface treatment and characterization, thickness-control of the transferred PDMS layer, and laser parameters optimization were discussed, along with the examination and testing of bonding with two representative materials (glass and silicon). The capability of this method was further demonstrated by fabricating a microfluidic chip with sputter-coated electrodes on the top and bottom substrates. The device functioning as a microparticle focusing and trapping chip was experimentally verified. It is confirmed that the proposed method has many advantages, including simple and fast fabrication process, low cost, easy integration of electronics, strong bonding strength, chemical and biological compatibility, etc.
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