A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale Molds
Three-dimensional printing technology has been implemented in microfluidic mold fabrication due to its freedom of design, speed, and low-cost fabrication. To facilitate mold fabrication processes and avoid the complexities of the soft lithography technique, we offer a non-sacrificial approach to fab...
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| author | Amirreza Ghaznavi Jie Xu Seth A. Hara |
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| description | Three-dimensional printing technology has been implemented in microfluidic mold fabrication due to its freedom of design, speed, and low-cost fabrication. To facilitate mold fabrication processes and avoid the complexities of the soft lithography technique, we offer a non-sacrificial approach to fabricate microscale features along with mesoscale features using Stereolithography (SLA) printers to assemble a modular microfluidic mold. This helps with addressing an existing limitation with fabricating complex and time-consuming micro/mesoscale devices. The process flow, optimization of print time and feature resolution, alignments of modular devices, and the advantages and limitations with the offered technique are discussed in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc65c187064647e1ab610f9d30abe25f2023-11-18T20:32:23ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2023-06-01147136310.3390/mi14071363A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale MoldsAmirreza Ghaznavi0Jie Xu1Seth A. Hara2Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USADepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USADivision of Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USAThree-dimensional printing technology has been implemented in microfluidic mold fabrication due to its freedom of design, speed, and low-cost fabrication. To facilitate mold fabrication processes and avoid the complexities of the soft lithography technique, we offer a non-sacrificial approach to fabricate microscale features along with mesoscale features using Stereolithography (SLA) printers to assemble a modular microfluidic mold. This helps with addressing an existing limitation with fabricating complex and time-consuming micro/mesoscale devices. The process flow, optimization of print time and feature resolution, alignments of modular devices, and the advantages and limitations with the offered technique are discussed in this paper.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/7/1363microfluidicsmold fabrication3D printingmicro/mesoscale molds |
| spellingShingle | Amirreza Ghaznavi Jie Xu Seth A. Hara A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale Molds Micromachines microfluidics mold fabrication 3D printing micro/mesoscale molds |
| title | A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale Molds |
| title_full | A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale Molds |
| title_fullStr | A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale Molds |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale Molds |
| title_short | A Non-Sacrificial 3D Printing Process for Fabricating Integrated Micro/Mesoscale Molds |
| title_sort | non sacrificial 3d printing process for fabricating integrated micro mesoscale molds |
| topic | microfluidics mold fabrication 3D printing micro/mesoscale molds |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/7/1363 |
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