monolithic microfabricated valves and pumps by multilayer soft lithography
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Monolithic Microfabricated Valves and Pumps by Multilayer Soft Lithography. Unger et al. (Quake group, CALTECH) Science, 2000. EECE 491C. How complex and how big?. ENIAC, first large scale electronic and digital computer 30 tons, 19,000 vacuum tubes, 200 kW Towards integrated circuits - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Monolithic Microfabricated Valves and Pumps by
Multilayer Soft Lithography
EECE 491C
Unger et al. (Quake group, CALTECH)
Science, 2000
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How complex and how big?
• ENIAC, first large scale electronic and digital computer
• 30 tons, 19,000 vacuum tubes, 200 kW
• Towards integrated circuits
• Large Scale Integrated Circuits (LSI)
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Biochemical Laboratories
• Expensive Reagents• Small amounts of
samples available• High levels of
multiplicity required• Portability• Equipment Costs• Level of training
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Microelectromecanichal structures (MEMS)
• Bulk micromachining:• Single-Crystal silicon
lithographically patterned then etched
• Stress between layers
• Surface Micromachining:• Additive method• Patterning. Max thickness 20 um
• Limited materials• Stiff materials = hard to make
smaller features
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Soft Lithography
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•With only one layer it is difficult to create active devices or moving parts
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Multilayer Soft Lithography • Can bond different layers of
elastomer• Elastomer: silicon rubber, 2
component, polymer and cross-linker
• Each layer has excess of one of the 2
• Upon contact layers form hermetic seal
• Can easily create multilayer devices
• Can create electro-magnetic devices by doping
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Valves
• Typical channel size X
• Membrane between layers
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100m
10m
30m
• Response time ~1ms• 1mN of force (100kPa)• Pneumatic activation:
dense packing possible
• Fluid is introduced with pins
• Can accept up to 300 kPa without leakage
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Valves and Pressure
• Flow Layer: biological assay, fluid manipulation
• Control Layer: actuate valves• • Valve opening controlled by
fluorescence
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From Valves to Pumps
• A - on/off valve 200x100• B - on/off valve 30x50• C - peristaltic pump• D - grid of valves• E - switching valve• F - section of 7 layer
device• Scale bars: 200 um
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Elastomeric Peristaltic Pump
• 50 kPa of applied pressure
• Channels 100 um wide and 10 um high
• Durable• E coli showed 94%
survival rate
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Valves and Pumps• Durable• Low dead volumes• Complete sealing even in presence of
particulates• Easy to produce• Cheap• Rapid prototyping• Multiple layers possible• Transparent• Biocompatible• Countless applications
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Valves and Pumps
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Valves and Pumps
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Microfluidic Large-Scale Integration
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Thorsen et al. (Quake group, CALTECH)
Science, 2002
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The Multiplexor
• Microvalves are scalable and leakproof
• Can now have multiplexed addressing and control
• Binary tree• fluid channels• control channels• Only 20 control for
1024 flow channels
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2log2 n
n
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Memory Storage Design
• 1000 individually addressable 250pL chambers
• Microfluidic memory storage device
• Similar to Random Access Memory (RAM)
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Memory Storage
• Row Multiplexor: fluid trafficking (RAM word line) refreshes compartments within a row
• Column Multiplexor: controls vertical input-output valves for specific central compartments
• Display Monitor
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Microfluidic Comparator Chip
• Allows mixing of 2 separate reagents, unloading
• 256 rxn chambers
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The Experiment
• Ecoli in one compartment• Amplex red (AR) in the other
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• Compartments opened• CCP converts AR to resorufin• Control using GFP
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Controls
• Heterogeneous mixture of E. coli expressing CCP or eGFP
• Amplified signal dependent only on number of CCP expressing cells in individual chambers
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Conclusions
• Ability to integrate and control many fluidic elements• Selective manipulation and recovery• Scalable devices• Can envision chemical and biochemical analysis• High throughput screening applications, liquid
display technology• Creation of microfluidic LSI• Rapid, simple fabrication• Disadvantages of PDMS
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Critique
• Well presented, ground-breaking• Limited discussion of other techniques available• Weak Biological experiments or applications• Limited discussion of flaws of the materials used
• Certain figures are not very detailed• Would have been interesting to see a picture of the
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Monolithic Microfabricated Valves and Pumps by Multilayer Soft Lithography
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Critique
• Well presented, ground-breaking, great intro• Explanatory analogies• Weak Biological experiments-weaker ending• More thorough discussion of flaws of the materials
used
• One figure mislabeled• Great device pictures
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Microfluidic Large Scale Integration