Abstract
The low-cost and convenient fabrication of polymer-based microfluidic devices is of great potential for many biomedical and environmental applications. Different microchannel designs are employed for various fluid mixing/separating techniques, such as valving, pumping, centrifugation, and filtration. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is highly attractive for fabricating disposable microfluidic devices because of its transparency, compatibility, robustness, and ease of fabrication. The challenging alignment of expensive, opaque pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) layers limits their use for bonding microchip components. Direct polymer-polymer bonding at the chip interface leads to perfectly bonded, transparent, and easily assembled microchips. In this study, microfluidic chips with different sizes of microchannel are fabricated. Six well-defined procedures were investigated for optimizing the polymer bonding between the chip parts. Different solvents, activation techniques (pressure, heat, light), and pre- cleaning
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2024 22nd International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM) |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 387-392 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 979-8-3315-0597-4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 979-8-3315-0598-1 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 4 Nov 2024 |
| Event | 22nd International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics - , Jordan Duration: 24 Sept 2024 → 26 Sept 2024 |
Publication series
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| Publisher | IEEE |
| ISSN (Print) | 2993-4583 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2993-4591 |
Conference
| Conference | 22nd International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics |
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| Country/Territory | Jordan |
| Period | 24/09/24 → 26/09/24 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 IEEE.
Funding
This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at the German Jordanian University under grant number SBSH04/2020, and the Industrial Scientific Research and Development Fund by the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HSCT).
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| University of Jordan |
| Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan |
| Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan |
| German Jordanian University |
Keywords
- Microfluidics
- Engraving
- Solvent
- Plasma Treatment
- Bonding