Abstract
In this study, fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) nanoparticle as an adhesive for fabricating a three-dimensional multilayered microfluidic device was studied. The formation of evenly distributed FEP nanoparticles layer with 3 µm in thickness on substrates was achieved by simple spin coating of FEP dispersion solution at 1500 rpm for 30 s. It is confirmed that FEP nanoparticles transformed into a hydrophobic thin film after thermal treatment at 300 oC for 1 hour, and fabricated polyimide film-based microfluidic device using FEP nanoparticle was endured pressure up to 2250 psi. Finally, a three-dimensional multilayered microfluidic device composed of 16 microreactors, which are difficult to fabricate with conventional photolithography, was successfully realized by simple one-step alignment of FEP coated nine polyimide films. The developed three-dimensional multilayered microfluidic device has the potential to be a powerful tool such as high-throughput screening, mass production, parallelization, and large-scale microfluidic integration for various applications in chemistry and biology.
Translated title of the contribution | Fabrication of 3D Multilayered Microfluidic Channel Using Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene Nanoparticle Dispersion |
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Original language | Korean |
Pages (from-to) | 639-643 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Korean Chemical Engineering Research |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2021 |
Keywords
- Fluorinated ethylene propylene
- Fluoropolymer
- Microfluidics
- Polyimide film
- Three-dimensional microchannel