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Quantitative determination of 3D-printing and surface-treatment conditions for direct-printed microfluidic devices / Hyun Namgung ; Abdi Mirgissa Kaba ; Hyeonkyu Oh ; Hyunjin Jeon ; Jeonghwan Yoon ; Haseul Lee ; Dohyun Kim 1
Abstract 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Materials and Methods 3
2.1. Materials 3
2.2. Slide-Cover Chip Fabrication and Imaging-Based Determination of Optical Quality 3
2.3. Step-Wise Determination of 3D-Printing Conditions 4
2.4. Step-Wise Determination of Surface-Treatment Conditions 6
2.5. Design and Fabrication of a Micromixer Based on Cavitation Microstreaming 7
2.6. Mixing Experiment and Streamline Generation Using the 3D-Printed Micromixer Chip 7
3. Results and Discussion 8
3.1. Determination of 3D-Printing Conditions 8
3.2. Optimization of Surface-Treatment Condition 10
3.3. Summary of Step-Wise Determination of 3D-Printing and Surface-Treatment Conditions 12
3.4. Cavitation Microstreaming and Streamline Visualization for Micromixing Applications 13
4. Conclusion 14
Supplementary Information 15
References 15