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ArticleNature communications2024

Generation of precision microstructures based on reconfigurable photoresponsive hydrogels for high-resolution polymer replication and microoptics.

Pang Zhu, Qingchuan Song, Sagar Bhagwat, Fadoua Mayoussi, Andreas Goralczyk, Niloofar Nekoonam, Mario Sanjaya, Peilong Hou, Silvio Tisato, Frederik Kotz-Helmer and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Pang ZhuLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9263-7562
Qingchuan SongLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Sagar BhagwatLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Fadoua MayoussiLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Andreas GoralczykLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Niloofar NekoonamLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-8520-3861
Mario SanjayaGlassomer GmbH, Freiburg, Germany.
Peilong HouLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Silvio TisatoFreiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3970-7316
Frederik Kotz-HelmerLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Dorothea HelmerLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. dorothea.helmer@neptunlab.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0295-9701
Bastian E RappLaboratory of Process Engineering, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) EXC-2193/1 - 390951807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microstructured molds are essential for fabricating various components ranging from precision optics and microstructured surfaces to microfluidics. However, conventional fabrication technology such as photolithography requires expensive equipment and a large number of processing steps. Here, we report a facile method to fabricate micromolds based on a reusable photoresponsive hydrogel: Uniform micropatterns are engraved into the hydrogel surface using photo masks under UV irradiation within a few minutes. Patterns are replicated using polydimethylsiloxane with minimum feature size of 40 μm and smoothness of R

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PMID38971797
PMCPMC11227548

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