Low cost lab-on-a-chip prototyping with a consumer grade 3D printer

Lab Chip. 2014 Aug 21;14(16):2978-82. doi: 10.1039/c4lc00394b.

Abstract

Versatile prototyping of 3D printed lab-on-a-chip devices, supporting different forms of sample delivery, transport, functionalization and readout, is demonstrated with a consumer grade printer, which centralizes all critical fabrication tasks. Devices cost 0.57US$ and are demonstrated in chemical sensing and micromixing examples, which exploit established principles from reference technologies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices / economics*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / economics*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional / economics*