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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Michelle Khine, Irvine, CA (US);
Chi-shuo Chen, Merced, CA (US);
Anthony Grimes, Merced, CA (US);
David Nate Breslauer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Luke Lee, Orinda, CA (US);
Michael Dunlap, Merced, CA (US);
Ajay Gopinathan, Merced, CA (US);
Sayantani Ghosh, Merced, CA (US);
Michelle Khine, Irvine, CA (US);
Chi-shuo Chen, Merced, CA (US);
Anthony Grimes, Merced, CA (US);
David Nate Breslauer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Luke Lee, Orinda, CA (US);
Michael Dunlap, Merced, CA (US);
Ajay Gopinathan, Merced, CA (US);
Sayantani Ghosh, Merced, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided to prepare one or more microfluidic channels on a receptive material by applying an image-forming material to a heat sensitive thermoplastic receptive material in a designed pattern and heating the material under conditions that reduce the size of the thermoplastic receptive material by at least about 60%. In an alternative aspect, the microfluidic channels on receptive material are prepared by etching a designed pattern into a heat sensitive thermoplastic material support and then heating the material under conditions that reduce the size of the thermoplastic receptive material by at least about 60%.