title: Fabrication of thermoplastics chips through lamination based techniques.
abstract: In this work, we propose a novel strategy for the fabrication of flexible thermoplastic microdevices entirely based on lamination processes. The same low-cost laminator apparatus can be used from master fabrication to microchannel sealing. This process is appropriate for rapid prototyping at laboratory scale, but it can also be easily upscaled to industrial manufacturing. For demonstration, we used here Cycloolefin Copolymer (COC), a thermoplastic polymer that is extensively used for microfluidic applications. COC is a thermoplastic polymer with good chemical resistance to common chemicals used in microfluidics such as acids, bases and most polar solvents. Its optical quality and mechanical resistance make this material suitable for a large range of applications in chemistry or biology. As an example, the electrokinetic separation of pollutants is proposed in the present study.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire PCC, Institut Curie (UMR CNRS/IC 168), Paris, France.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miserere
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mottet
authors.forename: Velan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Taniga
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Descroix
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Viovy
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malaquin