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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2018

"Do-it-in-classroom" fabrication of microfluidic systems by replica moulding of pasta structures.

Ngan Nguyen, Peter Thurgood, Jiu Yang Zhu, Elena Pirogova, Sara Baratchi, Khashayar Khoshmanesh

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Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Ngan NguyenSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Peter ThurgoodSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Jiu Yang ZhuSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Elena PirogovaSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Sara BaratchiSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia.
Khashayar KhoshmaneshSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.

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Abstract

Here, we describe a novel method for fabrication of microfluidic structures in classroom environments. This method is based on replica moulding of pasta structures in polydimethylsiloxane. Placing pasta structures on a petroleum jelly base layer enables templating round-shaped structures with controllable cross-sectional profiles. The pasta structures can be easily deformed and combined to create more complex 3D microfluidic structures. Proof-of-concept experiments indicate the capability of this method for studying the mixing of neighbouring flows, generation of droplets, lateral migration of particles, as well as culturing, shear stress stimulation, and imaging of cells. Our "do-it-in-classroom" method bridges the gap between the classroom and the laboratory.

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PMID30174774
PMCPMC6102117

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