TY - GEN
T1 - Vertical continuous flow lithography for fabricating long 3D structures
AU - Habasaki, S.
AU - Yoshida, S.
AU - Lee, W. C.
AU - Takeuch, S.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We propose an in situ photopolymerization method for three dimensional (3D) microfabrications which we call 'Vertical Continuous Flow Lithography' (VCFL). We used a digital micromirror device (DMD) as a dynamic photomask and a vertical flow of polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) in a microchannel. VCFL can not only fabricate long (∼5 mm) structures but also control 3D geometries of structures. We experimentally demonstrated the fabrication of long fibers whose cross-sectional (diameters and shapes) geometries could be controlled. We believe that VCFL will be useful in bottom up tissue engineering to make long complex structures, such as branched blood vessels.
AB - We propose an in situ photopolymerization method for three dimensional (3D) microfabrications which we call 'Vertical Continuous Flow Lithography' (VCFL). We used a digital micromirror device (DMD) as a dynamic photomask and a vertical flow of polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) in a microchannel. VCFL can not only fabricate long (∼5 mm) structures but also control 3D geometries of structures. We experimentally demonstrated the fabrication of long fibers whose cross-sectional (diameters and shapes) geometries could be controlled. We believe that VCFL will be useful in bottom up tissue engineering to make long complex structures, such as branched blood vessels.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2013.6474255
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2013.6474255
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84875411489
SN - 9781467356558
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 369
EP - 372
BT - IEEE 26th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2013
T2 - IEEE 26th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2013
Y2 - 20 January 2013 through 24 January 2013
ER -