Soft-Lithographie

Creation of a new resource as an integral part of the CMNF, for the development and characterization of microfluidic devices

  • Within this resource, a digital milling machine control placed in the back-end allows the machining of fluidic components (chips in particular), or mechanical (mold for example) in polymers or other hard materials
  • A workstation dedicated to the manufacture of polymers (PDMS mainly) includes all the necessary equipment for the formulation of polymer mixtures (planetary mixer, precision balance, degasser, oven, spin-coater...)
  • Thanks to the PICO plasma frame, cleaning as well as surface activation is possible
  • A station dedicated to xurography will allow the cutting of thin polymer films with a tracing knife
  • A KRUSS goniometer is also available to allow surface characterization for wettability and contact angle type measurements
  • Finally, a station dedicated to the control of chips at the end of the process is equipped with a pressure controller as well as a stereoscopic microscope for device observationFinally, a station dedicated to the control of chips at the end of the process is equipped with a pressure controller as well as a stereoscopic microscope for device observation
Creation of a technological and scientific continuity between the soft-lithography resource and the Bio-Microfluidics laboratory