Simple photolithographic rapid prototyping of microfluidic chips
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0167-9317/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier B.V. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2012.05.053 ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (J. Hoyland). We present a simple method for producing molds for casting PDMSmicrofluidic chips using photo-lithography with 35 mm photographic negatives as masks. We demonstrate the capabilities and limitations of the approach. We have optimized this procedure to create very good quality planar lab-on-chip structures and with this method can go from design to finished device in a day. 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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