Research Title
Laser-assisted microchanneling on PMMA substrate utilizing two-pass fabrication method
Keywords
CO2 laser, PMMA, Microchannel
Presentation Type
Poster
Research Abstract
Microchannel is widely used in microfluidic devices for mixing, chemical reaction, detection, particle separation and etc. CO2 laser-based microchanneling of PMMA as a low cost, rapid, noncontact fabrication method has attracted the attention of industry. However, the typical V-shape grooves fabricated by CO2 laser microchanneling have limitations since the V-shape grooves will affect the flow behavior and heat transfer of the fluid, which are important to the performance of microfluidic devices. A two-pass fabrication method is proposed and investigated in this paper to improve the quality of the PMMA microchannel fabricated by CO2 laser. It was found that by using this method, a trapezoidal shape groove can be formed. Such a microchannel is of higher quality compared with the V-shape groove microchannel.
Session Track
Materials Science
Recommended Citation
Sijie Zhang and Yung C. Shin,
"Laser-assisted microchanneling on PMMA substrate utilizing two-pass fabrication method"
(August 4, 2016).
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium.
Paper 133.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/surf/2016/presentations/133
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Laser-assisted microchanneling on PMMA substrate utilizing two-pass fabrication method
Microchannel is widely used in microfluidic devices for mixing, chemical reaction, detection, particle separation and etc. CO2 laser-based microchanneling of PMMA as a low cost, rapid, noncontact fabrication method has attracted the attention of industry. However, the typical V-shape grooves fabricated by CO2 laser microchanneling have limitations since the V-shape grooves will affect the flow behavior and heat transfer of the fluid, which are important to the performance of microfluidic devices. A two-pass fabrication method is proposed and investigated in this paper to improve the quality of the PMMA microchannel fabricated by CO2 laser. It was found that by using this method, a trapezoidal shape groove can be formed. Such a microchannel is of higher quality compared with the V-shape groove microchannel.