Lab-on-a-chip devices: How to close and plug the lab?

• Published in: Microelectronic engineering Vol. 132; pp. 156 - 175
• Main Authors: Temiz, Yuksel, Lovchik, Robert D., Kaigala, Govind V., Delamarche, Emmanuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 25.01.2015
• Subjects: Communities; Devices; Joining; Life sciences; Liquids; Microelectronics; Miniature; Strategy
• ISSN: 0167-9317
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2014.10.013

Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices are broadly used for research in the life sciences and diagnostics and represent a very fast moving field. LOC devices are designed, prototyped and assembled using numerous strategies and materials but some fundamental trends are that these devices typically need to be (1...