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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2018

A compact low-cost low-maintenance open architecture mask aligner for fabrication of multilayer microfluidics devices.

Q L Pham, N A N Tong, A Mathew, S Basuray, R S Voronov

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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 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Q L PhamOtto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
N A N TongOtto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
A MathewDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
S BasurayOtto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
R S VoronovOtto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6685-949X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A custom-built mask aligner (CBMA), which fundamentally covers all the key features of a commercial mask aligner, while being low cost and light weight and having low power consumption and high accuracy, is constructed. The CBMA is composed of a custom high fidelity light emitting diode light source, a vacuum chuck, a mask holder, high-precision translation and rotation stages, and high resolution digital microscopes. The total cost of the system is under $7500, which is over ten times cheaper than a comparable commercial system. It produces a collimated ultraviolet illumination of 1.8-2.0 mW cm

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PMID30174777
PMCPMC6105338

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