Continuous Flow Lithography

In a method for synthesizing polymeric microstructures, a monomer stream is flowed, at a selected flow rate, through a fluidic channel. At least one shaped pulse of illumination is projected to the monomer stream, defining in the monomer stream a shape of at least one microstructure corresponding to the illumination pulse shape while polymerizing that microstructure shape in the monomer stream by the illumination pulse.

Researchers

Patrick Doyle / Daniel Pregibon / Dhananjay Dendukuri / T. Alan Hatton

Departments: Department of Chemical Engineering
Technology Areas: Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring / Chemicals & Materials: Polymers / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

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