Summary:

Polymer-based microfluidic systems have great potential for use in BioMEMS applications, because many polymers are low cost, biocompatible, and have good processibility as compared to silicon and ceramic materials. Packaging (e.g., sealing a platform with a lid) and surface modification (e.g., hydrophilicity, protein absorption, electric conductivity for electrokinetics), however, are challenging issues in the fabrication of polymer microfluidic platforms.

We recently developed a gas-assisted resin injection technique in our lab, which can achieve bonding and surface modification on microfluidic devices.

Potential Applications:

BioMEMS applications

Advantages:

Achieve bonding and surface modification on microfluidic devices