Journal
BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 369-377Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-008-9243-y
Keywords
Stereolithography; Monodisperse; 3D microfluidic channel; Encapsulation; Hydrogel
Funding
- CREST from Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Japan
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This paper describes a three-dimensional microfluidic axisymmetric flow-focusing device (AFFD) fabricated using stereolithography. Using this method, we can fabricate AFFDs rapidly and automatically without cumbersome alignment needed in conventional methods. The AFFDs are able to be fabricated reproducibly with a micro-sized orifice of diameter around 250 mu m. Using this device, we are able to produce monodisperse water-in-oil (W/O) droplets with a coefficient of variation (CV) of less than 4.5%, W/O droplets with encapsulated microbes (CV < 4.9%) and oil-in-water (O/W) droplets (CV < 3.2%) without any surface modifications. The diameter of these droplets range from 54 to 244 mu m with respect to the flow rate ratio of the fluids used; these results are in good agreement with theoretical behavior. For applications of the AFFD, we demonstrate that these devices can be used to produce double emulsions and monodisperse hydrogel beads.
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