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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
The University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Inventors:
Omid Rahmanian, Washington, DC (US);
Chien-Fu Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Donald Lad Devoe, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, College Park, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B81C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00119 (2013.01); B81B 2201/058 (2013.01); B81C 3/001 (2013.01); B81C 2203/032 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01);
Abstract
A new process enabling rapid and efficient desktop manufacturing of microfluidic devices fabricated from thermoplastic substrates utilizing the selective irreversible swelling of thermoplastic polymer when exposed to suitable solvent makes it possible to produce micro- or nano-fluidic devices with outstanding bonding and collapse free micro- or nano-structures.