ReviewMicromachines2021
Fabrication Methods for Microfluidic Devices: An Overview.
Review in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
166 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Advances in Concentration Gradient Generation Approaches in a Microfluidic Device for Toxicity Analysis.Cells · 2022Pooled it
- Guideline
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- Micro-cold-forming: a simple, rapid, and inexpensive method for the fabrication of microcavities for 3D cell culture.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Emerging roles of microfluidics in oral cancer research and clinical translation.Materials today. Bio · 2026Review
- Chip Calorimetry for Single-Cell Analysis: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Cyclic Olefin Copolymer with a Noble Metal Nanostructures as an Antibacterial Material.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Article
- Exploiting the role of milk extracellular vesicles: a comprehensive analysis on isolation methods, characterization, surface modifications, and their therapeutic applications.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
- Transducer Systems Integrated into Organ-on-a-Chip Devices: From Detection to Fabrication.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Review
- Sustainable Liquid Metal Composites for Soft Electronics and E-Waste Reduction.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Microsystem technologies for accelerating the discovery and translation of immunotherapies.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026Review
- Organ-on-a-Chip and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies in Cardiac Tissue Engineering.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A review of organ-on-chip fabrication methods: From early developments to overcoming inert barriers.iScience · 2025Review
- Microfluidics to Meet Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing Research Frontier.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- AI-Integrated Micro/Nanorobots for Biomedical Applications: Recent Advances in Design, Fabrication, and Functions.Biosensors · 2025Review
- Advanced microfluidic techniques for the preparation of solid lipid nanoparticles: Innovations and biomedical applications.International journal of pharmaceutics: X · 2025Review
- Label-free phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing on microfluidic platforms: a review of advances and translation.Mikrochimica acta · 2025Review
106 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Microfluidic devices offer the potential to automate a wide variety of chemical and biological operations that are applicable for diagnostic and therapeutic operations with higher efficiency as well as higher repeatability and reproducibility. Polymer based microfluidic devices offer particular advantages including those of cost and biocompatibility. Here, we describe direct and replication approaches for manufacturing of polymer microfluidic devices. Replications approaches require fabrication of mould or master and we describe different methods of mould manufacture, including mechanical (micro-cutting; ultrasonic machining), energy-assisted methods (electrodischarge machining, micro-electrochemical machining, laser ablation, electron beam machining, focused ion beam (FIB) machining), traditional micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) processes, as well as mould fabrication approaches for curved surfaces. The approaches for microfluidic device fabrications are described in terms of low volume production (casting, lamination, laser ablation, 3D printing) and high-volume production (hot embossing, injection moulding, and film or sheet operations).
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