High fidelity hot-embossing of COC microdevices using a one-step process without pre-annealing of polymer substrate

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作者
Jena, Rajeeb K. [1 ,2 ]
Yue, C. Y. [1 ,2 ]
Lam, Y. C. [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Z. Y. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ Singapore, Sch Mech & Aerosp Engn, Singapore 639798, Singapore
[2] Singapore MIT Alliance Mfg Syst & Technol Program, Singapore, Singapore
关键词
Polymer microfabrication; COC; Hot embossing; High fidelity; Microchannels; Polymer chain orientation; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; CAPILLARY-ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FABRICATION; SYSTEMS; POLY(METHYLMETHACRYLATE); MICROFABRICATION; LITHOGRAPHY; CHANNELS; CHIPS;
D O I
10.1016/j.snb.2010.08.018
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The development of a one-step process for producing high fidelity hot-embossed cyclic-olefin co-polymer (COC) based microfluidic devices without the need for pre-annealing the base polymer substrate/film is outlined This was achieved through proper selection of the hot-embossing conditions that was based on an in-depth understanding of the fundamental factors which affect the replication accuracy of microchannels during the hot-embossing process An important factor that is commonly overlooked in the hot-embossing of films (typically with thicknesses less than 1 mm) is the existence of polymer chain orientation Generally polymer films used for hot-embossing are not pre-annealed to minimize residual stresses and remove any chain orientation that may be present and this affects the replication accuracy In contrast polymer substrates (typically with thicknesses more than 1 mm) that are used for hot-embossing to produce microfluidic devices need to be pre-annealed to minimize residual stresses and remove any chain orientation Processing of the latter thus required an additional step The avoidance of such pre-annealing may affect the replication accuracy In the present work it was demonstrated that microfluidic devices with high fidelity microchannels could be produced using a single-step hot-embossing process based on knowledge of the influence of embossing temperature embossing pressure embossing time and polymer chain orientation in the film/substrate on micro-replication (c) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
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页码:692 / 699
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