Advances in the fabrication of surface modified microfluidic devices in nonfluorescing UV cured materials

Abstract

The challenge in manufacturing disposable bio micro-fluidic devices centers on making complex structures with controlled wetting and adhesion characteristics that can be used with fluorescence detection at a very low cost of < $1 a part. We will report on a new low fluorescence UV curable material that can be patterned in the Contact Liquid Photolithographic Polymerization (CLiPP) process developed at U Colorado.