British Nuclear Fuels Plc

Central Research Laboratories Limited

Chris Turner

John Edward Andrew Shaw

John Robert Dodgson

Anthony Robert Corless

A method of forming interconnections between channels and/or chambers for use in a micro-fluidic device. Two planer substrates (usually glass and silicon respectively) having etched channels are bonded together to form volmes where the channels overlap. A manifolding cut is then made through the glass, intersecting glass channels only. An organic solution is passed into cut, and flows through silicon channels. An aqueous solution is passed into cut, and flows through glass channels. The solutions meet in the region, where matter is transferred from one solution to another.

Method for forming interconnections between channels and chambers

Apparatus comprising a micro engineered structure and a capillary or other tube and a method for connecting the tube to the structure. The micro engineered structure is composed of at least one substrate,in which fluid flow channels,are formed, connecting to an aperture,into which the tube,is inserted. A sealant material is flowed into the aperture around the tube and then hardened in order to seal the tube within the aperture.

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Chris Turner