文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：The Additive Manufacturing Approach to Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Microfluidic Devices: Review and Future Directions

作者：Tony, Anthony[1];Badea, Ildiko[2];Yang, Chun[1];Liu, Yuyi[1];Wells, Garth[3];Wang, Kemin[4];Yin, Ruixue[5];Zhang, Hongbo[5];Zhang, Wenjun[1]

机构：[1]Univ Saskatchewan, Dept Mech Engn, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada;[2]Univ Saskatchewan, Coll Pharm & Nutr, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada;[3]Canadian Light Source, Synchrotron Lab Micro & Nano Devices SyLMAND, Saskatoon, SK S7N 2V3, Canada;[4]Shanghai Univ, Sch Mechatron & Automat, Shanghai 200444, Peoples R China;[5]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Mech & Power Engn, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2023

卷号：15

期号：8

外文期刊名：POLYMERS

收录：;EI(收录号：20231814041012);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000978646100001)】；

基金：This research is supported by NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) CREATE (Collaborative Research and Training Experience) program, grant number: 565429-2022.

语种：英文

外文关键词：polydimethylsiloxane; 3D printing; microfabrication; microfluidics; post treatment

摘要：This paper presents a comprehensive review of the literature for fabricating PDMS microfluidic devices by employing additive manufacturing (AM) processes. AM processes for PDMS microfluidic devices are first classified into (i) the direct printing approach and (ii) the indirect printing approach. The scope of the review covers both approaches, though the focus is on the printed mold approach, which is a kind of the so-called replica mold approach or soft lithography approach. This approach is, in essence, casting PDMS materials with the mold which is printed. The paper also includes our on-going effort on the printed mold approach. The main contribution of this paper is the identification of knowledge gaps and elaboration of future work toward closing the knowledge gaps in fabrication of PDMS microfluidic devices. The second contribution is the development of a novel classification of AM processes from design thinking. There is also a contribution in clarifying confusion in the literature regarding the soft lithography technique; this classification has provided a consistent ontology in the sub-field of the fabrication of microfluidic devices involving AM processes.