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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Fabrication of Microfluidic Chips Based on an EHD-Assisted Direct Printing Method.

Xiang Chi, Xinyu Zhang, Zongan Li, Zhe Yuan, Liya Zhu, Feng Zhang, Jiquan Yang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Xiang ChiJiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, School of NARI Electric and Automation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7414-9201
Xinyu ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, School of NARI Electric and Automation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Zongan LiJiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, School of NARI Electric and Automation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Zhe YuanJiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, School of NARI Electric and Automation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Liya ZhuJiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, School of NARI Electric and Automation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Feng ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, School of NARI Electric and Automation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jiquan YangJiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, School of NARI Electric and Automation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Funding

Key Technology R&D Program of Jiangsu Province BE2018010Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China BK20180730Research funding of Nanjing Normal University 184080H202B135Scientific Research Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province，China 18KJB460021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microfluidic chips have been widely used in many areas such as biology, environmental monitoring, and micromixing. With the increasing popularity and complexity of microfluidic systems, rapid and convenient approaches for fabricating microfluidic chips are necessary. In this study, a method based on EHD (electrohydrodynamic)-assisted direct printing is proposed. Firstly, the principle of EHD-assisted direct printing was analyzed. The influence of the operating voltage and moving speed of the work table on the width of a paraffin wax model was studied. Then, two kinds of paraffin wax molds for micromixing with channel widths of 120 μm were prepared. A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) micromixer was fabricated by replicating the paraffin wax mold, and the micromixing of blue and yellow dye was realized. The results show that EHD-assisted direct printing can be used to make complex microscale structures, which has the potential to greatly simplify the manufacturing process.

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EHD-assisted direct printingmicrofluidic chipmicromixingparaffin wax mold

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PMID32168871
PMCPMC7146459

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