Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma16062174
Keywords
selective laser etching; 3D laser microfabrication; laser welding; glass microfluidics; femtosecond laser microprocessing
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Nowadays, lab-on-chip (LOC) devices are gaining more attention due to their vast prospects in various biomedical applications. These small devices serve a single laboratory function and have great potential for organ-on-chip (OOC) device manufacturing. However, this technology is still in development.
Nowadays, lab-on-chip (LOC) devices are attracting more and more attention since they show vast prospects for various biomedical applications. Usually, an LOC is a small device that serves a single laboratory function. LOCs show massive potential for organ-on-chip (OOC) device manufacturing since they could allow for research on the avoidance of various diseases or the avoidance of drug testing on animals or humans. However, this technology is still under development. The dominant technique for the fabrication of such devices is molding, which is very attractive and efficient for mass production, but has many drawbacks for prototyping. This article suggests a femtosecond laser microprocessing technique for the prototyping of an OOC-type device-a liver-on-chip. We demonstrate the production of liver-on-chip devices out of glass by using femtosecond laser-based selective laser etching (SLE) and laser welding techniques. The fabricated device was tested with HepG2(GS) liver cancer cells. During the test, HepG2(GS) cells proliferated in the chip, thus showing the potential of the suggested technique for further OOC development.
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