ArticleBiomicrofluidics2015
3D printed microfluidic devices with integrated valves.
Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.
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104 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Fully 4D-Printed Near-Infrared-Actuated Lab-on-Valve Solid-Phase Extraction Devices.Analytical chemistry · 2025Article
- Design Optimization of a 3D Microfluidic Channel System for Biomedical Applications.3D printing and additive manufacturing · 2024Article
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- 3D printed microfluidic devices with electrodes for electrochemical analysis.Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications · 2024Review
- A virtual visualization method for improving the manufacturing accuracy based VPP 3D printers.Heliyon · 2024Article
- High-resolution stereolithography: Negative spaces enabled by control of fluid mechanics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Programmed Internal Reconfigurations in a 3D-Printed Mechanical Metamaterial Enable Fluidic Control for a Vertically Stacked Valve Array.Advanced functional materials · 2024Article
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- Leveraging the third dimension in microfluidic devices using 3D printing: no longer just scratching the surface.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2024Article
- Demonstration of a Transparent and Adhesive Sealing Top for Microfluidic Lab-Chip Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
We report the successful fabrication and testing of 3D printed microfluidic devices with integrated membrane-based valves. Fabrication is performed with a low-cost commercially available stereolithographic 3D printer. Horizontal microfluidic channels with designed rectangular cross sectional dimensions as small as 350 μm wide and 250 μm tall are printed with 100% yield, as are cylindrical vertical microfluidic channels with 350 μm designed (210 μm actual) diameters. Based on our previous work [Rogers et al., Anal. Chem. 83, 6418 (2011)], we use a custom resin formulation tailored for low non-specific protein adsorption. Valves are fabricated with a membrane consisting of a single build layer. The fluid pressure required to open a closed valve is the same as the control pressure holding the valve closed. 3D printed valves are successfully demonstrated for up to 800 actuations.
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