Polymer Microfabrication for Microarrays, Microreactors and Microfluidics

Microfabrication and microfluidics for 3D brain-on-chip

Microfabrication technology for polycaprolactone, a biodegradable polymer

In this paper, we report the development of micromachining techniques for a biodegradable polymer for the first time. By virtue of their ability to naturally degrade in tissues, biodegradable polymers hold immense promise as new materials for implantable biomedical microdevices. This work focuses on the establishment of microfabrication processes for biodegradable microstructures and microdevic...

Bonding of thermoplastic polymer microfluidics

Thermoplastics are highly attractive substrate materials for microfluidic systems, with important benefits in the development of low cost disposable devices for a host of bioanalytical applications. While significant research activity has been directed towards the formation of microfluidic components in a wide range of thermoplastics, sealing of these components is required for the formation of...

Microfabrication and microfluidics for tissue engineering: state of the art and future opportunities.

An introductory overview of the use of microfluidic devices for tissue engineering is presented. After a brief description of the background of tissue engineering, different application areas of microfluidic devices are examined. Among these are methods for patterning cells, topographical control over cells and tissues, and bioreactors. Examples where microfluidic devices have been employed are...

Zinc oxide nano- and microfabrication from coordination-polymer templates.

Hex nut: An emerging synthetic approach based on metal-organic coordination-polymer templates has been used to fabricate micro- and nanoscale crystals. By using a diverse range of molecular building blocks coupled with conventional synthetic techniques, it is possible to synthesize ZnO crystals with tailored sizes, shapes (such as hexagonal rings; see figure), and surface properties.