title: Nano fountain pen manufacture of polymer lenses for nano-biochip applications.
abstract: Polymer microlenses have been manufactured by delivering droplets of a monomer mixture to a glass substrate using a nano fountain pen (NFP). Subsequent UV polymerization yielded microlenses with optical properties that were controlled by varying the deposition time of the monomer solution. Using this approach, it is possible to strategically place single microlenses at predefined positions with very high accuracy, an ability which may prove very useful for nano-biochip applications, as demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sokuler
authors.forename: Levi A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gheber
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D007909:Lenses; D046208:Microchip Analytical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers