Free-standing SU-8 microfluidic chips by adhesive bonding and release etching
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Free-standing SU-8 chips with enclosed microchannels and high density of fluidic inlets have been made in a three-layer process which involves SU-8 to SU-8 adhesive bonding and sacrificial etching. With this process we can fabricate microchannels with depths ranging from 10 to 500 m, channel widths from 10 to 2000 m and lengths up to 6 cm. The process is optimized with respect to SU-8 glass transition temperature. Thermal stresses and thickness non-uniformities of SU-8 are compensated by novel mask design features, the auxiliary moats. With these process innovations filling of microchannels can be prevented, non-bonded area is minimized and bonding yields are 90% for l f m l ©
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