Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies

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Main Author: Jung, Hyun Chul
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2008
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Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213978561
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12139785612021-08-03T05:54:05Z Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies Jung, Hyun Chul Electrical Engineering Microfludic Devices ICP-RIE Etching Pyrex glass Wafer Bonds Electrokinetic studies COMSOL The objective of this thesis is to design and fabricate microfluidic devices for study of the fluid transport at the microscale and development of devices for biomedical applications, such as transport and manipulation of nanoparticles and biomolecules. For device fabrication, several materials including silicon, Pyrex glass, and polymer were explored. Inductively-coupled plasma reactive ion etching (ICP-RIE) was employed for fabrication of microfluidic channels on silicon and Pyrex glass and photolithography of SU-8 polymer was used to pattern microfluidic channels. The etching of Pyrex glass was carried out using SF6/Ar plasma. The etch rate and surface and sidewall smoothness were investigated systematically for dependence on bias voltage, ICP power, pressure, flow rate, and cathode temperature. Near vertical sidewalls and smooth etched surfaces were obtained by optimized etching parameters. The maximum etch rate, 0.65 µm/min, was achieved at a pressure of 5 mTorr, a bias of 720 V, and an ICP power of 2500 W. For device packaging four types of bonding techniques (Fusion bonding, Anodic bonding, PDMS bonding, and SU-8 bonding) were investigated and optimized. . Microfluidic devices with five crosses for creating extensive and rotational flow patterns were designed and fabricated on silicon etched by ICP-RIE. The devices were bonded with Pyrex glass by anodic wafer bonding and packaged on a carrier using wire bonding before characterization. Under a DC bias, extensional flow of polystyrene beads has been demonstrated in a 20 μm wide and 10 μm deep 5 cross microfluidic device. Using the COMSOL software, Incompressible Navier Stokes equations and Conductive media DC modes were employed to simulate the electrokinetic flows by applying specific DC biasing boundary conditions. . The simulated results have a good agreement with the extensional flow observed on the fabricated devices. 2008-09-08 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213978561 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213978561 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Electrical Engineering
Microfludic Devices
ICP-RIE Etching
Pyrex glass
Wafer Bonds
Electrokinetic studies
COMSOL
spellingShingle Electrical Engineering
Microfludic Devices
ICP-RIE Etching
Pyrex glass
Wafer Bonds
Electrokinetic studies
COMSOL
Jung, Hyun Chul
Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies
author Jung, Hyun Chul
author_facet Jung, Hyun Chul
author_sort Jung, Hyun Chul
title Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies
title_short Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies
title_full Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies
title_fullStr Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies
title_full_unstemmed Design And Fabrication Of Microfluidic Devices For Electrokinetic Studies
title_sort design and fabrication of microfluidic devices for electrokinetic studies
publisher The Ohio State University / OhioLINK
publishDate 2008
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