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- Title
Two-step hybrid process of movable part inside glass substrate using ultrafast laser.
- Authors
Kim, Jeongtae; Kim, Sung-Il; Joung, Yeun-Ho; Choi, Jiyeon; Koo, Chiwan
- Abstract
We demonstrate a two-step hybrid process for fabricating movable parts inside glass substrate using the selective laser-induced etching (SLE) process that is consisted of laser-direct writing and wet chemical etching. To obtain an influence by the optical characteristics of a glass substrate when fabricating a 3D microstructure using the SLE, we analyzed the relationship of their dimensions between the designed and the fabricated devices. Two 3D microfluidic devices are designed and fabricated on glass substrates as the demonstrations of the hybrid process: a 3D microfluidic valve device with a movable plug and a 3D microfluidic mixer with a rotatable impeller and multilayer microchannels. The valving plug and the impeller of each device are successfully moved and rotated. The smallest structure is a pillar of the impeller device, and its size is 29 μm (diameter) × 277 μm (height). We expect this study to be extended to potential applications in 3D glass microfabrication and microfluidic systems.
- Subjects
OPTICAL glass; MICROFLUIDIC devices; GLASS; LASERS; GLASS-ceramics; GLASS construction
- Publication
Micro & Nano Systems Letters, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2213-9621
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1186/s40486-021-00142-3