Exploring the use of 3D printer and polysaccharide-based bioplastics for microfluidic fabrication
Start Date
29-4-2022 2:15 PM
Location
Alter Hall Poster Session 1 - 3rd floor
Abstract
Microfluidics refers to the analysis systems that can process small quantities of fluids within micro-channels, typically in tens to hundreds of micrometers scale. The main benefits of the microfluidics are portability, reduced cost, low reagent and sample size consumption, and low waste emission. The purposes of this experiment is to investigate the use of a 3D-printer for making molds of micro-channel designs to be imprinted on the polysaccharide-based bioplastics. Resin blocks containing channels of different diameters were created. Various recipes of agar and gelatin bioplastics were explored as possible bioplastic materials. Their physical properties and stabilities e.g. size, shape, solubility, and light transparency are to be investigated.
Exploring the use of 3D printer and polysaccharide-based bioplastics for microfluidic fabrication
Alter Hall Poster Session 1 - 3rd floor
Microfluidics refers to the analysis systems that can process small quantities of fluids within micro-channels, typically in tens to hundreds of micrometers scale. The main benefits of the microfluidics are portability, reduced cost, low reagent and sample size consumption, and low waste emission. The purposes of this experiment is to investigate the use of a 3D-printer for making molds of micro-channel designs to be imprinted on the polysaccharide-based bioplastics. Resin blocks containing channels of different diameters were created. Various recipes of agar and gelatin bioplastics were explored as possible bioplastic materials. Their physical properties and stabilities e.g. size, shape, solubility, and light transparency are to be investigated.
