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多层集成微流控设备制造的控制与自动化

Control and automation of multilayered integrated microfluidic device fabrication.

作者信息

Kipper Sarit, Frolov Ludmila, Guy Ortal, Pellach Michal, Glick Yair, Malichi Asaf, Knisbacher Binyamin A, Barbiro-Michaely Efrat, Avrahami Dorit, Yavets-Chen Yehuda, Levanon Erez Y, Gerber Doron

机构信息

Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

出版信息

Lab Chip. 2017 Jan 31;17(3):557-566. doi: 10.1039/c6lc01534d.

Abstract

Integrated microfluidics is a sophisticated three-dimensional (multi layer) solution for high complexity serial or parallel processes. Fabrication of integrated microfluidic devices requires soft lithography and the stacking of thin-patterned PDMS layers. Precise layer alignment and bonding is crucial. There are no previously reported standards for alignment of the layers, which is mostly performed using uncontrolled processes with very low alignment success. As a result, integrated microfluidics is mostly used in academia rather than in the many potential industrial applications. We have designed and manufactured a semiautomatic Microfluidic Device Assembly System (μDAS) for full device production. μDAS comprises an electrooptic mechanical system consisting of four main parts: optical system, smart media holder (for PDMS), a micropositioning xyzθ system and a macropositioning XY mechanism. The use of the μDAS yielded valuable information regarding PDMS as the material for device fabrication, revealed previously unidentified errors, and enabled optimization of a robust fabrication process. In addition, we have demonstrated the utilization of the μDAS technology for fabrication of a complex 3 layered device with over 12 000 micromechanical valves and an array of 64 × 64 DNA spots on a glass substrate with high yield and high accuracy. We increased fabrication yield from 25% to about 85% with an average layer alignment error of just ∼4 μm. It also increased our protein expression yields from 80% to over 90%, allowing us to investigate more proteins per experiment. The μDAS has great potential to become a valuable tool for both advancing integrated microfluidics in academia and producing and applying microfluidic devices in the industry.

摘要

集成微流控技术是一种用于高复杂性串行或并行过程的精密三维(多层)解决方案。集成微流控设备的制造需要软光刻技术以及对薄图案化聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)层进行堆叠。精确的层对齐和键合至关重要。目前尚无关于层对齐的先前报道标准,层对齐大多通过控制不佳的过程进行,对齐成功率非常低。因此,集成微流控技术主要用于学术界,而非众多潜在的工业应用中。我们设计并制造了一种用于完整设备生产的半自动微流控设备组装系统(μDAS)。μDAS包括一个由四个主要部分组成的电光机械系统:光学系统、智能介质支架(用于PDMS)、一个微定位xyzθ系统和一个宏定位XY机构。μDAS的使用产生了有关将PDMS用作设备制造材料的有价值信息,揭示了以前未识别的错误,并实现了稳健制造工艺的优化。此外,我们展示了利用μDAS技术在玻璃基板上制造具有超过12000个微机械阀和64×64 DNA斑点阵列的复杂三层设备,具有高产量和高精度。我们将制造产量从25%提高到约85%,平均层对齐误差仅约4μm。它还将我们的蛋白质表达产量从80%提高到90%以上,使我们能够在每个实验中研究更多蛋白质。μDAS有很大潜力成为推动学术界集成微流控技术发展以及在工业中生产和应用微流控设备的有价值工具。

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