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Short Report on Capillary Motion of Dyed Ethylene Glycol for Application towards the Gas Flow in Microfluidics

Subhadeep Mukhopadhyay

Abstract


In this experimental report, a couple of SU-8 based glass microfluidic devices are fabricated by
maskless lithography and indirect bonding technique. Each device is tested by the prepared dyed
ethylene glycol as working liquid. The microfluidic-leakage is recorded in the surface-driven
capillary motion of dyed ethylene glycol due to improper indirect bonding technique. The leakagefree
surface-driven capillary motion of dyed ethylene glycol is recorded due to proper indirect
bonding technique. This experimental work is performed by Mukhopadhyay on the basis of liquid flow
in microfluidics. In future, this work may be useful for experimental study on gas flow in
microfluidics. Also, this experimental work may be helpful to fabricate the microfluidic lab-on-a-chip
systems for both liquid and gas, in future.
Keywords: SU-8; Maskless lithography; Indirect bonding; Ethylene glycol; Gas flow

  


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