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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Fabrication of Glass Microchannel via Glass Imprinting using a Vitreous Carbon Stamp for Flow Focusing Droplet Generator.

Hyungjun Jang, Muhammad Refatul Haq, Youngkyu Kim, Jun Kim, Pyoung-Hwa Oh, Jonghyun Ju, Seok-Min Kim, Jiseok Lim

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors.

Hyungjun JangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. janghj@cau.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-0531-5787
Muhammad Refatul HaqSchool of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. refat@cau.ac.kr.
Youngkyu KimSchool of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. kykdes@cau.ac.kr.
Jun KimSchool of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. zuhn@cau.ac.kr.
Pyoung-Hwa OhSchool of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. nanopeace@cau.ac.kr.
Jonghyun JuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. jhju@cau.ac.kr.
Seok-Min KimSchool of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. smkim@cau.ac.kr.
Jiseok LimSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Korea. jlim@yu.ac.kr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reports a cost-effective method of replicating glass microfluidic chips using a vitreous carbon (VC) stamp. A glass replica with the required microfluidic microstructures was synthesized without etching. The replication method uses a VC stamp fabricated by combining thermal replication using a furan-based, thermally-curable polymer with carbonization. To test the feasibility of this method, a flow focusing droplet generator with flow-focusing and channel widths of 50 µm and 100 µm, respectively, was successfully fabricated in a soda-lime glass substrate. Deviation between the geometries of the initial shape and the vitreous carbon mold occurred because of shrinkage during the carbonization process, however this effect could be predicted and compensated for. Finally, the monodispersity of the droplets generated by the fabricated microfluidic device was evaluated.

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autofluorescencedroplet based microfluidicglass imprinting processglass microchannelvitreous carbon mold

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PMID29286341
PMCPMC5795384

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