Microfluidic functional unit using 3D structures
Traditional fabrication of microfluidic systems uses soft lithography molds that typically come from 2.5-D lithography fabrication, resulting in very limited design flexibility along the Z-axis. With powerful high-resolution 3D photolithography tools, we proposed several novel microfluidic modules to reduce the operational errors that are somehow inevitable in traditional microfluidic systems.
Selected Project/Publications
- High-aspect-ratio three-dimensional polymer and metallic microstructure microfabrication using two-photon polymerization,
E Vargas, C Huang, Z Yan, H White, J Zou, and A Han,
Biomedical Microdevices 25 (3), 28 - Eliminating air bubble in microfluidic systems utilizing integrated in-line sloped microstructures,
C Huang, JA Wippold, D Stratis-Cullum, and A Han,
Biomedical Microdevices 22, 1-9 - Enhancing droplet transition capabilities using sloped microfluidic channel geometry for stable droplet operation,
JA Wippold, C Huang, D Stratis-Cullum, and A Han,
Biomedical Microdevices 22, 1-5 - A large-scale on-chip droplet incubation chamber enables equal microbial culture time,
J Dai, HS Kim, AR Guzman, WB Shim, and A Han,
Rsc Advances 6 (25), 20516-20519 - A three-dimensional electrode for highly efficient electrocoalescence-based droplet merging,
AR Guzman, HS Kim, P de Figueiredo, and A Han,
Biomedical microdevices 17, 1-9