Femtosecond laser 3D nanofabrication in glass: enabling direct write of integrated micro/nanofluidic chips

Ya Cheng; Yang Liao; Koji Sugioka

doi:10.1117/12.2042742

6 March 2014 Femtosecond laser 3D nanofabrication in glass: enabling direct write of integrated micro/nanofluidic chips

Ya Cheng, Yang Liao, Koji Sugioka

Proceedings Volume 8967, Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) XIX; 896708 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042742
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The creation of complex three-dimensional (3D) fluidic systems composed of hollow micro- and nanostructures embedded in transparent substrates has attracted significant attention from both scientific and applied research communities. However, it is by now still a formidable challenge to build 3D micro- and nanofluidic structures with arbitrary configurations using conventional planar lithographic fabrication methods. As a direct and maskless fabrication technique, femtosecond laser micromachining provides a straightforward approach for high-precision spatial-selective modification inside transparent materials through nonlinear optical absorption. Here, we demonstrate rapid fabrication of high-aspect-ratio micro- and/or nanofluidic structures with various 3D configurations in glass substrates by femtosecond laser direct writing. Based on this approach, we demonstrate several functional micro- and nanofluidic devices including a 3D passive microfluidic mixer, a capillary electrophoresis (CE) analysis chip, and an integrated micro-nanofluidic system for single DNA analysis. This technology offers new opportunities to develop novel 3D micro-nanofluidic systems for a variety of lab-on-a-chip applications.

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Ya Cheng, Yang Liao, and Koji Sugioka "Femtosecond laser 3D nanofabrication in glass: enabling direct write of integrated micro/nanofluidic chips", Proc. SPIE 8967, Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) XIX, 896708 (6 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042742

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