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Rapid Prototyping of X‐Ray Microdiffraction Compatible Continuous Microflow Foils
Author(s) -
Dootz Rolf,
Evans Heather,
Köster Sarah,
Pfohl Thomas
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200600288
Subject(s) - microfluidics , materials science , rapid prototyping , nanotechnology , flexibility (engineering) , x ray , liquid crystal , optoelectronics , optics , composite material , physics , statistics , mathematics
Microfluidics meets microdiffraction: A straightforward and inexpensive method of fabricating long‐lifetime, X‐ray‐microdiffraction compatible, ultrathin microfluidic devices with an overwhelming versatility with respect to channel design elements is presented (see image). To illustrate the analytic power and geometric flexibility of these microflow foils, X‐ray microdiffraction measurements on shear‐induced alignment effects in the smectic liquid crystal n ‐octyl‐4‐cyanobiphenyl are shown.