Lab-on-chip technologies: making a microfluidic network and coupling it into a complete microsystem—a review

P Abgrall, AM Gue - Journal of micromechanics and …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Microfluidics is an emerging field that has given rise to a large number of scientific and
technological developments over the last few years. This review reports on the use of …

Let there be chip—towards rapid prototy** of microfluidic devices: one-step manufacturing processes

A Waldbaur, H Rapp, K Länge, BE Rapp - Analytical Methods, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidics is an evolving scientific field with immense commercial potential: analytical
applications, such as biochemical assay development, biochemical analysis and biosensors …

Cyclic olefin polymers: emerging materials for lab-on-a-chip applications

PS Nunes, PD Ohlsson, O Ordeig, JP Kutter - Microfluidics and …, 2010 - Springer
Cyclic olefin polymers (COPs) are increasingly popular as substrate material for
microfluidics. This is due to their promising properties, such as high chemical resistance, low …

Adhesive wafer bonding

F Niklaus, G Stemme, JQ Lu, RJ Gutmann - Journal of applied physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Wafer bonding with intermediate polymer adhesives is an important fabrication technique for
advanced microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems, such as three-dimensional …

SU‐8 as a structural material for labs‐on‐chips and microelectromechanical systems

P Abgrall, V Conedera, H Camon, AM Gue… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Since its introduction in the nineties, the negative resist SU‐8 has been increasingly used in
micro‐and nanotechnologies. SU‐8 has made the fabrication of high‐aspect ratio structures …

Polymer integration for packaging of implantable sensors

Y Qin, MMR Howlader, MJ Deen, YM Haddara… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Inexpensive, easy-to-process, light-weight polymer-based materials that are
biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and optically transparent have emerged as …

Lab-on-a-chip with integrated optical transducers

S Balslev, AM Jorgensen, B Bilenberg, KB Mogensen… - Lab on a Chip, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Taking the next step from individual functional components to higher integrated devices, we
present a feasibility study of a lab-on-a-chip system with five different components …

Long-term sustained ciprofloxacin release from PMMA and hydrophilic polymer blended nanofibers

S Zupancic, S Sinha-Ray, S Sinha-Ray… - Molecular …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nanofibers represent an attractive novel drug delivery system for prolonged and controlled
release. However, sustained release of hydrophilic drugs, like ciprofloxacin hydrochloride …

Photoresist with low fluorescence for bioanalytical applications

JH Pai, Y Wang, GTA Salazar, CE Sims… - Analytical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The negative photoresist SU-8 has found widespread use as a material in the fabrication of
microelectrical− mechanical systems (MEMS). Although SU-8 has been utilized as a …

Polymer fiber probes enable optical control of spinal cord and muscle function in vivo

C Lu, UP Froriep, RA Koppes… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration of motor and sensory functions in paralyzed patients requires the development
of tools for simultaneous recording and stimulation of neural activity in the spinal cord. In …