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Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Systems by Soft Lithography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

J. Christopher Love,
Janelle R. Anderson and
George M. Whitesides
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Two-dimensional (2D) methods for transferring patterns to planar substrates have enabled the technological revolution in microfabrication that has marked the last 40 years. The overall trend toward increased miniaturization has led to the development of new types of devices in areas unrelated to conventional microelectronics: analytical tools, chemical reactors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), optical systems, and sensors. The widespread use and high level of technological development associated with photolithography has also made the methodologies for microelectronics—patterning photosensitive polymers, etching and deposition of thin films, and liftoff—ubiquitous in the fabrication of these new classes of microsystems. These new systems have specialized requirements, however, and are not simple extensions of microelectronics technologies. They often require materials—especially organic polymers—that are not commonly used in microelectronic systems, they must have low cost, and they may need 3D structures in order to implement complex designs. These requirements have stimulated the development of new methods for microfabrication.

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 26 , Issue 7: Emerging Methods for Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Nanofabrication , July 2001, pp. 523 - 528
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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