Title :
Characterizing the Hot Embossing Process of Microchannels for Polymer Capillary Electrophoresis Chips by Experiment and Numerical Simulation
Author :
Wen, Weili ; Zuo, Chuncheng ; Yu, Jianqun ; Liu, Junshan ; Zhang, Xuejun
Author_Institution :
Coll. of the Sci. & Eng., Jilin Univ., Changchun
Abstract :
A polymer capillary electrophoresis chip is a novel kind of miniaturized device for biochemistry analysis. In this paper, a polymer micro hot embossing process is characterized by experiment and numerical simulation, a series of experiments were carried out with varied process conditions, including processing pressure, temperature and time, both the height and width of hot-embossed microchannel was investigated. Furthermore, a numerical simulation was developed to understand the mechanism of the hot-embossing process. Simulation results conform to related experiments. Based on these, a novel process of hot embossing is proposed, which lays the foundation for basic theories and techniques of structural design and manufactures of the polymer microchip
Keywords :
biochemistry; electrophoresis; embossing; microfluidics; polymers; biochemistry analysis; biochips; hot-embossed microchannel; microfluidic chips; miniaturized device; numerical simulation; polymer capillary electrophoresis chips; polymer microchip; polymer microhot embossing process; processing pressure; processing temperature; processing time; Agricultural engineering; Biochemistry; Biology; Educational institutions; Electrokinetics; Embossing; Mechanical engineering; Microchannel; Numerical simulation; Polymers; μ-TAS; biochips; capillary electrophoresis chips; hot embossing; microfluidic chips; numerical simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation, 2006. WCICA 2006. The Sixth World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0332-4
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2006.1713612
