NDLI: Control and automation of multilayered integrated microfluidic device fabrication

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Gerber, Doron Kipper, Sarit Avrahami, Dorit Guy, Ortal Malichi, Asaf Levanon, Erez Y. Barbiro-Michaely, Efrat Knisbacher, Binyamin A. Yavets-Chen, Yehuda Frolov, Ludmila Pellach, Michal Glick, Yair
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Integrated microfluidics is a sophisticated three-dimensional (multi layer) solution for high complexity serial or parallel processes. Fabrication of integrated microfluidic devices requires soft lithography and the stacking of thin-patterned PDMS layers. Precise layer alignment and bonding is crucial. There are no previously reported standards for alignment of the layers, which is mostly performed using uncontrolled processes with very low alignment success. As a result, integrated microfluidics is mostly used in academia rather than in the many potential industrial applications. We have designed and manufactured a semiautomatic Microfluidic Device Assembly System (μDAS) for full device production. μDAS comprises an electrooptic mechanical system consisting of four main parts: optical system, smart media holder (for PDMS), a micropositioning xyzθ system and a macropositioning XY mechanism. The use of the μDAS yielded valuable information regarding PDMS as the material for device fabrication, revealed previously unidentified errors, and enabled optimization of a robust fabrication process. In addition, we have demonstrated the utilization of the μDAS technology for fabrication of a complex 3 layered device with over 12 000 micromechanical valves and an array of 64 × 64 DNA spots on a glass substrate with high yield and high accuracy. We increased fabrication yield from 25% to about 85% with an average layer alignment error of just ∼4 μm. It also increased our protein expression yields from 80% to over 90%, allowing us to investigate more proteins per experiment. The μDAS has great potential to become a valuable tool for both advancing integrated microfluidics in academia and producing and applying microfluidic devices in the industry.
Starting Page	557
Ending Page	566
Page Count	10
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	14730197
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	3
Journal	Lab on a Chip
DOI	10.1039/c6lc01534d
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Soft lithography DNA Micrometer Mathematical optimization Microfluidics Protein
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Biochemistry Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering

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