3D printed microfluidics for biological applications
The term “Lab-on-a-Chip,” is synonymous with describing microfluidic devices with biomedical applications. Even though microfluidics have been developing rapidly over the past decade, the uptake rate in biological research has been slow. This could be due to the tedious process of fabricating a chip...
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| author | Ho, Chee Meng Benjamin Ng, Sum Huan Li, King Ho Holden Yoon, Yong-Jin |
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| description | The term “Lab-on-a-Chip,” is synonymous with describing microfluidic devices with biomedical applications. Even though microfluidics have been developing rapidly over the past decade, the uptake rate in biological research has been slow. This could be due to the tedious process of fabricating a chip and the absence of a “killer application” that would outperform existing traditional methods. In recent years, three dimensional (3D) printing has been drawing much interest from the research community. It has the ability to make complex structures with high resolution. Moreover, the fast building time and ease of learning has simplified the fabrication process of microfluidic devices to a single step. This could possibly aid the field of microfluidics in finding its “killer application” that will lead to its acceptance by researchers, especially in the biomedical field. In this paper, a review is carried out of how 3D printing helps to improve the fabrication of microfluidic devices, the 3D printing technologies currently used for fabrication and the future of 3D printing in the field of microfluidics. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/815592023-03-04T17:14:18Z 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications Ho, Chee Meng Benjamin Ng, Sum Huan Li, King Ho Holden Yoon, Yong-Jin School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering microfluidic analysis Three-Dimensional The term “Lab-on-a-Chip,” is synonymous with describing microfluidic devices with biomedical applications. Even though microfluidics have been developing rapidly over the past decade, the uptake rate in biological research has been slow. This could be due to the tedious process of fabricating a chip and the absence of a “killer application” that would outperform existing traditional methods. In recent years, three dimensional (3D) printing has been drawing much interest from the research community. It has the ability to make complex structures with high resolution. Moreover, the fast building time and ease of learning has simplified the fabrication process of microfluidic devices to a single step. This could possibly aid the field of microfluidics in finding its “killer application” that will lead to its acceptance by researchers, especially in the biomedical field. In this paper, a review is carried out of how 3D printing helps to improve the fabrication of microfluidic devices, the 3D printing technologies currently used for fabrication and the future of 3D printing in the field of microfluidics. ASTAR (Agency for Sci., Tech. and Research, S’pore) Accepted version 2016-01-06T06:12:10Z 2019-12-06T14:33:45Z 2016-01-06T06:12:10Z 2019-12-06T14:33:45Z 2015 Journal Article Ho, C. M. B., Ng, S. H., Li, K. H. H.,& Yoon, Y.-J. (2015). 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications. Lab on a Chip, 15(18), 3627-3637. 1473-0197 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81559 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39589 10.1039/C5LC00685F en Lab on a Chip © 2015 The Author(s). This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in Lab on a Chip, published by Royal Society of Chemistry on behalf of The Author(s). It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5LC00685F]. 12 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | microfluidic analysis Three-Dimensional Ho, Chee Meng Benjamin Ng, Sum Huan Li, King Ho Holden Yoon, Yong-Jin 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications |
| title | 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications |
| title_full | 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications |
| title_fullStr | 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications |
| title_short | 3D printed microfluidics for biological applications |
| title_sort | 3d printed microfluidics for biological applications |
| topic | microfluidic analysis Three-Dimensional |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81559 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39589 |
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