The microfluidic puzzle: chip-oriented rapid prototyping

Lab Chip. 2014 May 21;14(10):1669-72. doi: 10.1039/c3lc51399h. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

Abstract

We demonstrate a new concept for reconfigurable microfluidic devices from elementary functional units. Our approach suppresses the need for patterning, soft molding and bonding when details on a chip have to be modified. Our system has two parts, a base-platform used as a scaffold and functional modules which are combined by 'plug-and-play'. To demonstrate that our system sustains typical pressures in microfluidic experiments, we produce droplets of different sizes using T-junction modules with three different designs assembled successively on a 3 × 3 modular scaffold.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes / chemistry
  • Equipment Design
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Oils / chemistry
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate / chemistry
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Oils
  • Water
  • baysilon
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate