Patterning of PMMA microfluidic parts using screen printing process

Aminreza Ahari Kaleibar; Mona Rahbar; Marius Haiducu; Ash M. Parameswaran

doi:10.1117/12.841345

17 February 2010 Patterning of PMMA microfluidic parts using screen printing process

Aminreza Ahari Kaleibar, Mona Rahbar, Marius Haiducu, Ash M. Parameswaran

Proceedings Volume 7593, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems VIII; 75930E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841345
Event: SPIE MOEMS-MEMS, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

An inexpensive and rapid micro-fabrication process for producing PMMA microfluidic components has been presented. Our proposed technique takes advantages of commercially available economical technologies such as the silk screen printing and UV patterning of PMMA substrates to produce the microfluidic components. As a demonstration of our proposed technique, we had utilized a homemade deep-UV source, λ=254nm, a silk screen mask made using a local screen-printing shop and Isopropyl alcohol - water mixture (IPA-water) as developer to quickly define the microfluidic patterns. The prototyped devices were successfully bonded, sealed, and the device functionality tested and demonstrated. The screen printing based technique can produce microfluidic channels as small as 50 micrometers quite easily, making this technique the most cost-effective, fairly high precision and at the same time an ultra economical plastic microfluidic components fabrication process reported to date.

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Aminreza Ahari Kaleibar, Mona Rahbar, Marius Haiducu, and Ash M. Parameswaran "Patterning of PMMA microfluidic parts using screen printing process", Proc. SPIE 7593, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems VIII, 75930E (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841345

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