Premium
Microfluidics: Surface Textured Polymer Fibers for Microfluidics (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2014)
Author(s) -
Yildirim Adem,
Yunusa Muhammad,
Ozturk Fahri Emre,
Kanik Mehmet,
Bayindir Mehmet
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201470191
Subject(s) - microfluidics , materials science , polymer , fabrication , nanotechnology , capillary action , fiber , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Surface‐textured polymer fibers are introduced on page 4569 by M. Bayindir and co‐workers as a new platform for the fabrication of disposable microfluidic devices. Well‐ordered, perfectly aligned microchannels on polymer fibers are obtained using thermal fiber drawing. Spontaneous capillary flow along three‐dimensional fiber geometries, switch systems that allow precise control on fluid flow, and a proof of concept colorimetric protein assay are presented.