Rapid fabrication of polymer microfluidic systems for the production of artificial lipid bilayers
Rapid fabrication of polymer microfluidic systems for the production of artificial lipid bilayers
A polymer microfluidic device has been fabricated using rapid prototyping techniques. The device was built up to allow the formation and subsequent investigation of artificial bilayer lipid membranes (BLMs). A simple dry film photoresist stamp was used to hot emboss microfluidic channels into PMMA films. Laser micromachining was employed to form an aperture into PMMA films. Laser micromachining was employed to form an aperture through the PMMA channels, across which the BLM was later formed. The dry film phororesist was also used as a simple etch mask for the deep etching of glass substrates in buffered HF solutions, which was used in this work for the production of glass embossing stamps. We show that bilayer films can be successfully produced across laser micromachined apertures in PMMA films.
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Sandison, M E
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Morgan, H
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June 2005
Sandison, M E
18641143-283c-4a25-a4d1-a46453b7178e
Morgan, H
de00d59f-a5a2-48c4-a99a-1d5dd7854174
Sandison, M E and Morgan, H
(2005)
Rapid fabrication of polymer microfluidic systems for the production of artificial lipid bilayers.
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 15, .
Abstract
A polymer microfluidic device has been fabricated using rapid prototyping techniques. The device was built up to allow the formation and subsequent investigation of artificial bilayer lipid membranes (BLMs). A simple dry film photoresist stamp was used to hot emboss microfluidic channels into PMMA films. Laser micromachining was employed to form an aperture into PMMA films. Laser micromachining was employed to form an aperture through the PMMA channels, across which the BLM was later formed. The dry film phororesist was also used as a simple etch mask for the deep etching of glass substrates in buffered HF solutions, which was used in this work for the production of glass embossing stamps. We show that bilayer films can be successfully produced across laser micromachined apertures in PMMA films.
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Published date: June 2005
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Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology
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Local EPrints ID: 264530
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/264530
ISSN: 0960-1317
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