ArticlePloS one2016
Simple and Versatile 3D Printed Microfluidics Using Fused Filament Fabrication.
Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.
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48 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Emerging Advances in Microfluidic Hydrogel Droplets for Tissue Engineering and STEM Cell Mechanobiology.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Low-cost 3D-printed inverted microscope to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a MODS culture.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Article
- Hydrophilic modification of SLA 3D printed droplet generators by photochemical grafting.RSC advances · 2021Article
- Separation and enrichment of sodium-motile bacteria using cost-effective microfluidics.Biomicrofluidics · 2021Article
- Can 3D Printing Bring Droplet Microfluidics to Every Lab?-A Systematic Review.Micromachines · 2021Review
- Micro-Technologies for Assessing Microbial Dynamics in Controlled Environments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Negligible-cost microfluidic device fabrication using 3D-printed interconnecting channel scaffolds.PloS one · 2021Article
- 3D Printed Microfluidics.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2020Review
- Facile Fabrication of Microfluidic Chips for 3D Hydrodynamic Focusing and Wet Spinning of Polymeric Fibers.Polymers · 2020Article
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Abstract
The uptake of microfluidics by the wider scientific community has been limited by the fabrication barrier created by the skills and equipment required for the production of traditional microfluidic devices. Here we present simple 3D printed microfluidic devices using an inexpensive and readily accessible printer with commercially available printer materials. We demonstrate that previously reported limitations of transparency and fidelity have been overcome, whilst devices capable of operating at pressures in excess of 2000 kPa illustrate that leakage issues have also been resolved. The utility of the 3D printed microfluidic devices is illustrated by encapsulating dental pulp stem cells within alginate droplets; cell viability assays show the vast majority of cells remain live, and device transparency is sufficient for single cell imaging. The accessibility of these devices is further enhanced through fabrication of integrated ports and by the introduction of a Lego®-like modular system facilitating rapid prototyping whilst offering the potential for novices to build microfluidic systems from a database of microfluidic components.
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