Department of Chemistry , University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States.
Institute of Material Science , Storrs , Connecticut 06269 , United States.
ACS Sens. 2018 Mar 23;3(3):522-526. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00079. Epub 2018 Mar 5.
This short perspective assesses the present landscape for desktop 3D printing to design and fabricate sensors, in particular, those associated with microfluidics and multiplexing. Lots of advanced devices have already been reported, and this article briefly surveys interesting achievements. Microfluidics can be designed and optimized faster and more easily on low cost desktop 3D printers that with competing methods. Rapid prototyping leads directly to a final (marketable) product fabricated on the same 3D printer. While resolution is not as good as lithographic approaches, very often channel and feature resolution on the order of 100 μm obtainable with SLA 3D printers is perfectly suitable for the desired sensing device. Two examples from our team's research are used to illustrate how using a 3D printer along with simple automation can reduce a complex microfluidic sensing procedure to a much simpler automated one. Future possibilities for sensor technology are discussed.
这篇短文评估了桌面 3D 打印在设计和制造传感器方面的现状，特别是与微流控和多路复用相关的传感器。已经有很多先进的设备被报道，本文简要地综述了一些有趣的成果。与竞争方法相比，微流控可以在低成本的桌面 3D 打印机上更快、更容易地进行设计和优化。快速原型制作直接导致最终（可销售）产品在同一 3D 打印机上制造。虽然分辨率不如光刻方法好，但 SLA 3D 打印机通常可以获得 100μm 左右的通道和特征分辨率，非常适合所需的传感设备。我们团队研究的两个例子被用来说明如何使用 3D 打印机和简单的自动化，将复杂的微流控传感过程简化为更简单的自动化过程。还讨论了传感器技术的未来可能性。
