Abdullah Alsharhan, Ruben Acevedo, Roseanne Warren, and Ryan Sochol’s recent article, “3D microfluidics via cyclic olefin polymer-based in situ direct laser writing” has been featured on the front cover of the September 7, 2019 issue of Lab on a Chip. The article explores a new method of printing three-dimensional nanostructured components directly inside of enclosed microchannels using cyclic olefin polymer (COP). Demonstrated 3D printing results show that COP-based in-situ direct laser writing offers a promising pathway to wide-ranging fluidic applications that demand significant architectural versatility at submicron scales with invariable sealing integrity, such as for biomimetic organ-on-a-chip systems and integrated microfluidic circuits.
The research is supported by NSF Award numbers 1761395 and 1761273.
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