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Hybrid Microfluidic Systems: Fabrication of a Hybrid Microfluidic System Incorporating both Lithographically Patterned Microchannels and a 3D Fiber‐Formed Microfluidic Network (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2/2012)
Author(s) -
Bellan Leon M.,
Kniazeva Tatiana,
Kim Ernest S.,
Epshteyn Alla A.,
Cropek Donald M.,
Langer Robert,
Borenstein Jeffrey T.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201290009
Subject(s) - microfluidics , microfiber , materials science , microchannel , nanotechnology , fabrication , fluidics , fiber , composite material , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , aerospace engineering
A device containing a 3D microchannel network (fabricated using sacrificial melt‐spun microfibers) sandwiched between lithographically patterned microfluidic channels offers improved delivery of soluble compounds to a large volume compared to a simple stack of two microfluidic channel layers. With this improved delivery ability comes an increased fluidic resistance due to the tortuous network of small‐diameter channels, report Leon Bellan and co‐workers on 164 .