Microfluidic Chip

The microfluidic lab on a chip, also known as the lab-on-a-chip or microfluidic chip technology, integrates basic operation units such as sample preparation, reaction, separation, and detection through biological, chemical, and medical analysis into a micrometer on the chip, the whole analysis process is completed automatically.

Because of its great potential in biology, chemistry, medicine, etc., it has developed into a new research field that intersects biology, chemistry, medicine, fluids, electronics, materials, and machinery. Due to the micron-level structure, the fluid in the microfluidic chip displays and produces special properties that are different from the macroscopic size. Therefore, the unique analysis of the development department produces the performance.

The material includes Silicone, Glass, High polymer.

Silicone, as Insulation and light transmittance are poor, deep etching is difficult, and low success rate of silicon substrate bonding, that’s why the silicone material not widely used.

Glass is widely used in the manufacture of microfluidic chips. It uses lithography and etching technology to engrave the microchannel grid into glass materials. It has the advantages of a certain strength, good heat dissipation, light transmittance and insulation, and is very suitable for common sample analysis, but the cost is high.

High polymer materials have been applying to Mass production depend on Low cost, easy processing and forming, can be mass production. Include PI, PMMA, PC, PET and etc.

The style of Microfluidics:

Straight channel chips - Microscopy-slide format

Straight channel chips - Microtiter-plate format

Straight channel chips with waste chamber - Microscopy-slide format - Fluidic
Interface: Luer

Cross-shaped channel chips

H-shaped channel chips

Sample preparation chip – Fluidic interface: Mini Luer

Field-flow fractionation chips

Meander and continuous-flow PCR chips

Membrane chip

Micro mixer