https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125512009
Microfluidic devices manufacturing combining stereolithography and pulsed laser ablation
Photonics4Life research group, Department of Applied Physics, Facultade de Física and Facultade de Óptica e Optometría, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
* Corresponding author: maite.flores@usc.es
Published online: 18 November 2021
3D printing has revolutionized the field of microfluidics manufacturing by simplifying the typical processes offering a considerable accuracy and user-friendly procedures. For its part, laser ablation proves to be a versatile technology to perform detailed surface micropatterning. A hybrid technique that combines both technologies is proposed, employing them in their most suitable range of dimensions. This technique allows to manufacture accurate microfluidics devices as the one proposed: a microchannel, obtained using a stereolithographic printer, coupled with an array of microlenses, obtained by pulsed laser ablation of a 3D printed master.
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