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3D Printer Yields Ultracompact Microfluidic Device

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A custom 3D printer built using digital light processor stereolithography (DLP-SLA) has demonstrated the ability to print a viable microfluidic device compact enough to achieve flow channel cross-sections as small as 18 μm × 20 μm. The 3D printer has a projected image plane resolution of 7.6 μm and uses a 385-nm LED. Hua Gong, a Ph.D. student at BYU, holds up a 3D-printed microfluidic device. Courtesy of BYU Photo. Researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU) also developed a low-cost, high-resolution resin. Beginning with 20 candidate absorbers, they used a novel...Read full article

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    Published: August 2017
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    microfluidics
    Microfluidics is a multidisciplinary field that involves the manipulation and control of very small fluid volumes, typically in the microliter (10^(-6) liters) to picoliter (10^(-12) liters) range, within channels or devices with dimensions on the microscale. It integrates principles from physics, chemistry, engineering, and biotechnology to design and fabricate systems that handle and analyze fluids at the micro-level. Key features and aspects of microfluidics include: Miniaturization:...
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