Multilayer biochips with integrated optics replicated in PMMA and PDMS

H. Hosseinkhannazer; L. Kostiuk; J. N. McMullin

doi:10.1117/12.778515

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26 October 2007 Multilayer biochips with integrated optics replicated in PMMA and PDMS

H. Hosseinkhannazer, L. Kostiuk, J. N. McMullin

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Proceedings Volume 6796, Photonics North 2007; 67960B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778515
Event: Photonics North 2007, 2007, Ottawa, Canada

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This paper describes the development of multi-level lab-on-a-chip devices that use integrated optics to reduce the size and cost of portable dual-function analysis systems. Silicon/polymer and all-polymer devices were fabricated that have separate optics and fluidics layers that are bonded together. The optical layer has hollow v-groove waveguides in anisotropically etched silicon or in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) that is replicated from the silicon in a two-step replication procedure using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as an intermediate negative replica. Light from hollow v-groove waveguides in the optical layer is coupled to the fluidic layer by reflection from metallized reflective planes. The fluidic layer is constructed of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in a two-step positive replication procedure from a micromachined glass master. A thin intermediate PMMA layer with reflective metal strips seals both the hollow optical waveguides and the PDMS microchannels.

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H. Hosseinkhannazer, L. Kostiuk, and J. N. McMullin "Multilayer biochips with integrated optics replicated in PMMA and PDMS", Proc. SPIE 6796, Photonics North 2007, 67960B (26 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778515

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