<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>With the development of the microstructure fabrication technique, microfluidic chips are widely used in biological and medical researchers. Future advances in their commercial applications depend on the mass bonding of microfluidic chip. In this study we are presenting a simple, low cost and fast way of bonding microfluidic chips at room temperature. The influence of the bonding pressure on the deformation of the microchannel and adhesive tape was analyzed by numerical simulation. By this method, the microfluidic chip can be fully sealed at low temperature and pressure without using any equipment. The dye water and gas leakage test indicated that the microfluidic chip can be bonded without leakage or block and its bonding strength can up to 0.84 MPa.</p></abstract>

With the development of the microstructure fabrication technique, microfluidic chips are widely used in biological and medical researchers. Future advances in their commercial applications depend on the mass bonding of microfluidic chip. In this study we are presenting a simple, low cost and fast way of bonding microfluidic chips at room temperature. The influence of the bonding pressure on the deformation of the microchannel and adhesive tape was analyzed by numerical simulation. By this method, the microfluidic chip can be fully sealed at low temperature and pressure without using any equipment. The dye water and gas leakage test indicated that the microfluidic chip can be bonded without leakage or block and its bonding strength can up to 0.84 MPa.

A fast and simple bonding method for low cost microfluidic chip fabrication

School of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and Systems of Liaoning Province

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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With the development of the microstructure fabrication technique, microfluidic chips are widely used in biological and medical researchers. Future advances in...

A fast and simple bonding method for low cost microfluidic chip fabrication

Published Online: Mar 07, 2018

Page range: 72 - 78

Received: Sep 11, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2018-0010

Keywords
microfluidic chip, tape assist bonding, numerical simulation

© 2018 Zhifu Yin et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A fast and simple bonding method for low cost microfluidic chip fabrication

Published Online: Mar 07, 2018

Page range: 72 - 78

Received: Sep 11, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2018-0010

Keywordsmicrofluidic chip, tape assist bonding, numerical simulation

© 2018 Zhifu Yin et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
microfluidic chip, tape assist bonding, numerical simulation