Chueh Bor-han, Huh Dongeun, Kyrtsos Christina R, Houssin Timothée, Futai Nobuyuki, Takayama Shuichi
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Anal Chem. 2007 May 1;79(9):3504-8. doi: 10.1021/ac062118p. Epub 2007 Mar 28.
The integration of semiporous membranes into poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic devices is useful for mass transport control. Several methods such as plasma oxidation and manual application of PDMS prepolymer exist to sandwich such membranes into simple channel structures, but these methods are difficult to implement with reliable sealing and no leakage or clogging for devices with intricate channel features. This paper describes a simple but robust strategy to bond semiporous polyester and polycarbonate membranes between layers of PDMS microchannel structures effectively without channel clogging. A thin layer of PDMS prepolymer, spin-coated on a glass slide, is transferred to PDMS substrates with channel features as well as to the edges of the semiporous membrane by stamping. This thin PDMS prepolymer serves as "mortar" to strongly bond the two PDMS layers and seal off the crevices generated from the thickness of the membranes. This bonding method enabled the fabrication of an 8x12 criss-crossing microfluidic channel array with 96 combinations of fluid interactions. The capability of this device for bioanalysis was demonstrated by measuring responses of cells to different color fluorescent reagents.
将半透膜集成到聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)微流控装置中有助于控制质量传输。存在多种方法,如等离子体氧化和手动涂抹PDMS预聚物,可将此类膜夹在简单的通道结构中,但对于具有复杂通道特征的装置,这些方法难以实现可靠密封且无泄漏或堵塞。本文描述了一种简单而稳健的策略,可有效将半透性聚酯膜和聚碳酸酯膜粘结在PDMS微通道结构层之间,且不会造成通道堵塞。旋涂在载玻片上的一层薄PDMS预聚物,通过冲压转移到具有通道特征的PDMS基板以及半透膜的边缘。这种薄PDMS预聚物充当“灰浆”,牢固地粘结两个PDMS层,并密封因膜的厚度而产生的缝隙。这种粘结方法能够制造出具有96种流体相互作用组合的8×12交叉微流控通道阵列。通过测量细胞对不同颜色荧光试剂的反应,证明了该装置用于生物分析的能力。