Fabrication process of fluidic devices for producing fine droplets using a focused ion beam system

Abstract

We conducted an experiment on the fabrication of fluidic devices for producing fine droplets. In our proposed method, multiple channels were fabricated by using a focused ion beam (FIB) system. The minimum feature top width was found to be approximately 56 nm. When both the target width and depth of one channel were set to 500 nm, the resultant top width was 750-780 nm, the bottom width was 250-320 nm, and the depth was 560 nm, almost achieving the target size for the channel depth.