2 This design integrated these microvalves onto a bilayer PDMS microfluidic chip. Liquid flowed through the bottom ... It opened his eyes to the digital manufacturing of microfluidic devices. “People ...

Jessica Melin directs the Stanford Microfluidics Foundry, a resource open to the scientific community that fabricates polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidics chips based on the principle of ...

However, the traditional methods of fabricating microfluidic devices—typically using PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane ... and accessible fabrication method to help propel innovation in microfluidic ...

A new modified silicone rubber for cancer-on-chip applications improves cell adhesion and drug testing, paving the way for personalized cancer treatments.

Microsystems & Nanoengineering Droplet-based microfluidic systems have applications in protein engineering, single-cell sequencing, and nanoparticle synthesis. However, conventional fabrication ...

Years ago, prototyping microfluidic systems was a long, time-intensive task. With inspiration from DIY PCB fabrication techniques, that time is now greatly reduced. However, even with the ...

a thermopress for manufacturing plastic chips and several micro-CNC mills, including a 60,000 RPM 4-axis mill with micron precision for manufacturing molds and manifolds for the microfluidic devices.

Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from physics, chemistry, and engineering to create devices that can process and analyze minuscule volumes of liquids. Often, ...

The achievement was published in Nature Communications on May 19, 2022. （DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29956-4） Microfluidic devices are chip-type platforms with functionality provided by microfluidic ...