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Zhou XC, Sjöberg R, Druet A, Schwenk JM, van der Wijngaart W, Haraldsson T, Carlborg CF. Thiol-ene-epoxy thermoset for low-temperature bonding to biofunctionalized microarray surfaces. Lab Chip 2017; 17:3672-3681. [PMID: 28975170 DOI: 10.1039/c7lc00652g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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One way to improve the sensitivity and throughput of miniaturized biomolecular assays is to integrate microfluidics to enhance the transport efficiency of biomolecules to the reaction sites. Such microfluidic integration requires bonding of a prefabricated microfluidic gasket to an assay surface without destroying its biological activity. In this paper we address the largely unmet challenge to accomplish a proper seal between a microfluidic gasket and a protein surface, with maintained biological activity and without contaminating the surface or blocking the microfluidic channels. We introduce a novel dual cure polymer resin for the formation of microfluidic gaskets that can be room-temperature bonded to a range of substrates using only UVA light. This polymer is the first polymer that features over a month of shelf life between the structure formation and the bonding, moreover the fully cured polymer gaskets feature the following set of properties suitable for microfluidics: high stiffness, which prevents microfluidic channel collapse during handling; very limited absorption of biomolecules; and no significant leaching of uncured monomers. We describe the novel polymer resin and its characteristics, study through FT-IR, and demonstrate its use as microfluidic well-arrays bonded onto protein array slides at room temperature followed by multiplexed immunoassays. The results confirm maintained biological activity and show high repeatability between protein arrays. This new approach for integrating microfluidic gaskets to biofunctionalised surfaces has the potential to improve sample throughput and decrease manufacturing costs for miniaturized biomolecular systems.
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- Xiamo C Zhou
- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hillmering M, Pardon G, Vastesson A, Supekar O, Carlborg CF, Brandner BD, van der Wijngaart W, Haraldsson T. Off-stoichiometry improves the photostructuring of thiol-enes through diffusion-induced monomer depletion. Microsyst Nanoeng 2016; 2:15043. [PMID: 31057810 PMCID: PMC6444721 DOI: 10.1038/micronano.2015.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Thiol-enes are a group of alternating copolymers with highly ordered networks and are used in a wide range of applications. Here, "click" chemistry photostructuring in off-stoichiometric thiol-enes is shown to induce microscale polymeric compositional gradients due to species diffusion between non-illuminated and illuminated regions, creating two narrow zones with distinct compositions on either side of the photomask feature boundary: a densely cross-linked zone in the illuminated region and a zone with an unpolymerized highly off-stoichiometric monomer composition in the non-illuminated region. Using confocal Raman microscopy, it is here explained how species diffusion causes such intricate compositional gradients in the polymer and how off-stoichiometry results in improved image transfer accuracy in thiol-ene photostructuring. Furthermore, increasing the functional group off-stoichiometry and decreasing the photomask feature size is shown to amplify the induced gradients, which potentially leads to a new methodology for microstructuring.
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- Mikael Hillmering
- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- SP Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Drottning Kristinas väg 45, SE-114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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Carlborg CF, Vastesson A, Liu Y, van der Wijngaart W, Johansson M, Haraldsson T. Functional off-stoichiometry thiol-ene-epoxy thermosets featuring temporally controlled curing stages via an UV/UV dual cure process. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.27276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Carl Fredrik Carlborg
- Department of Micro and Nanosystems; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Osquldas v. 10 SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Micro and Nanosystems; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Osquldas v. 10 SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Micro and Nanosystems; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Osquldas v. 10 SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Micro and Nanosystems; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Osquldas v. 10 SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Teknikringen 48 SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Micro and Nanosystems; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Osquldas v. 10 SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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We introduce a novel dry wafer bonding concept designed for permanent attachment of micromolded polymer structures to surface functionalized silicon substrates. The method, designed for simultaneous fabrication of many lab-on-chip devices, utilizes a chemically reactive polymer microfluidic structure, which rapidly bonds to a functionalized substrate via"click" chemistry reactions. The microfluidic structure consists of an off-stoichiometry thiol-ene (OSTE) polymer with a very high density of surface bound thiol groups and the substrate is a silicon wafer that has been functionalized with common bio-linker molecules. We demonstrate here void free, and low temperature (< 37 °C) bonding of a batch of OSTE microfluidic layers to a silane functionalized silicon wafer.
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- Farizah Saharil
- Microsystem Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Carlborg CF, Haraldsson T, Öberg K, Malkoch M, van der Wijngaart W. Beyond PDMS: off-stoichiometry thiol-ene (OSTE) based soft lithography for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices. Lab Chip 2011; 11:3136-47. [PMID: 21804987 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20388f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In this article we introduce a novel polymer platform based on off-stoichiometry thiol-enes (OSTEs), aiming to bridge the gap between research prototyping and commercial production of microfluidic devices. The polymers are based on the versatile UV-curable thiol-ene chemistry but takes advantage of off-stoichiometry ratios to enable important features for a prototyping system, such as one-step surface modifications, tuneable mechanical properties and leakage free sealing through direct UV-bonding. The platform exhibits many similarities with PDMS, such as rapid prototyping and uncomplicated processing but can at the same time mirror the mechanical and chemical properties of both PDMS as well as commercial grade thermoplastics. The OSTE-prepolymer can be cast using standard SU-8 on silicon masters and a table-top UV-lamp, the surface modifications are precisely grafted using a stencil mask and the bonding requires only a single UV-exposure. To illustrate the potential of the material we demonstrate key concepts important in microfluidic chip fabrication such as patterned surface modifications for hydrophobic stops, pneumatic valves using UV-lamination of stiff and rubbery materials as well as micromachining of chip-to-world connectors in the OSTE-materials.
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- Carl Fredrik Carlborg
- Microsystem Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldasväg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Carlborg CF, van der Wijngaart W. Sustained superhydrophobic friction reduction at high liquid pressures and large flows. Langmuir 2011; 27:487-493. [PMID: 21121625 DOI: 10.1021/la103624d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This Article introduces and experimentally explores a novel self-regulating method for reducing the friction losses in large microchannels at high liquid pressures and large liquid flows, overcoming previous limitations with regard to sustainable liquid pressure on a superhydrophobic surface. Our design of the superhydrophobic channel automatically adjusts the gas pressure in the lubricating air layer to the local liquid pressure in the channel. This is achieved by pneumatically connecting the liquid in the microchannel to the gas-pockets trapped at the channel wall through a pressure feedback channel. When liquid enters the feedback channel, it compresses the air and increases the pressure in the gas-pocket. This reduces the pressure drop over the gas-liquid interface and increases the maximum sustainable liquid pressure. We define a dimensionless figure of merit for superhydropbic flows, W(F) = P(L)D/γ cos(θ(c)), which expresses the fluidic energy carrying capacity of a superhydrophobic microchannel. We experimentally verify that our geometry can sustain three times higher liquid pressure before collapsing, and we measured better friction-reducing properties at higher W(F) values than in previous works. The design is ultimately limited in time by the gas-exchange over the gas-liquid interface at pressures exceeding the Laplace pressure. This method could be applicable for reducing near-wall laminar friction in both micro and macro scale flows.
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- Carl Fredrik Carlborg
- Microsystem Technology Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Gylfason KB, Carlborg CF, Kaźmierczak A, Dortu F, Sohlström H, Vivien L, Barrios CA, van der Wijngaart W, Stemme G. On-chip temperature compensation in an integrated slot-waveguide ring resonator refractive index sensor array. Opt Express 2010; 18:3226-3237. [PMID: 20389330 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.003226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We present an experimental study of an integrated slot-waveguide refractive index sensor array fabricated in silicon nitride on silica. We study the temperature dependence of the slot-waveguide ring resonator sensors and find that they show a low temperature dependence of -16.6 pm/K, while at the same time a large refractive index sensitivity of 240 nm per refractive index unit. Furthermore, by using on-chip temperature referencing, a differential temperature sensitivity of only 0.3 pm/K is obtained, without individual sensor calibration. This low value indicates good sensor-to-sensor repeatability, thus enabling use in highly parallel chemical assays. We demonstrate refractive index measurements during temperature drift and show a detection limit of 8.8 x 10-6 refractive index units in a 7 K temperature operating window, without external temperature control. Finally, we suggest the possibility of athermal slot-waveguide sensor design.
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- Kristinn B Gylfason
- Microsystem Technology Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Carlborg CF, Gylfason KB, Kaźmierczak A, Dortu F, Bañuls Polo MJ, Maquieira Catala A, Kresbach GM, Sohlström H, Moh T, Vivien L, Popplewell J, Ronan G, Barrios CA, Stemme G, van der Wijngaart W. A packaged optical slot-waveguide ring resonator sensor array for multiplex label-free assays in labs-on-chips. Lab Chip 2010; 10:281-290. [PMID: 20090999 DOI: 10.1039/b914183a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We present the design, fabrication, and characterisation of an array of optical slot-waveguide ring resonator sensors, integrated with microfluidic sample handling in a compact cartridge, for multiplexed real-time label-free biosensing. Multiplexing not only enables high throughput, but also provides reference channels for drift compensation and control experiments. Our use of alignment tolerant surface gratings to couple light into the optical chip enables quick replacement of cartridges in the read-out instrument. Furthermore, our novel use of a dual surface-energy adhesive film to bond a hard plastic shell directly to the PDMS microfluidic network allows for fast and leak-tight assembly of compact cartridges with tightly spaced fluidic interconnects. The high sensitivity of the slot-waveguide resonators, combined with on-chip referencing and physical modelling, yields a volume refractive index detection limit of 5 x 10(-6) refractive index units (RIUs) and a surface mass density detection limit of 0.9 pg mm(-2), to our knowledge the best reported values for integrated planar ring resonators.
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- C F Carlborg
- Microsystem Technology Laboratory, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Osquldas väg 10, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden.
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