Direct laser writing of barriers with controllable permeability in porous glass

Opt Express. 2018 Oct 15;26(21):28150-28160. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.028150.

Abstract

Barriers were produced in porous glass through its local bulk density modification by direct femtosecond writing accompanied by СО2-laser surface thermal densification, to make functional microfluidic elements separated by such physical barriers with different controlled permeability. The separation of multi-component solutions into individual components with different molecule sizes (molecular separation) was performed in this first integrated microfluidic device fabricated in porous glass. Its application in the environmental gas-phase analysis was demonstrated.