DIY Microfluidics

Stuff from wetPONG, DIY Microfluidics Class, FHNW, 2008-2012


wetPONG Hybrid NanoLab 2012



See instructions on the wetPONG website HomeMade Microfluidics on wetPONG

more coming soon... or check some of our tools on this fbook post.

Nail Studio Micro Fluidics
Nail studios are the place where girls who now what is hot hang out. These studios are modern labs with crazy hight tech devices and sophisticated materials. Look what they have:

Other projects
https://beaverworks.ll.mit.edu/CMS/bw/Open_Source_Microfluidics

http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/4.140/people/wildebeest/projects/final/index.html?utm_content=bufferae990&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Low-Tech Microfluidics

A Biotic Game Design Project for Integrated Life Science and Engineering Education

Enabling Microfluidics: from Clean Rooms to Makerspaces download paper here: File:Kong2017_Enabling_Microfluidics_in_Makerspaces.pdf

Advanced DIY Microfluidics
[http://www.youtube.com/embed/0T-h4dtcCDI Just a Hack! How did he do that... awesome!]



Preparing the slide
Draw a nice pattern with InkScape Putting (black) tape on a glas slide. Cut it with a sharp knife or with a DIY laser cutter 8-) DIY laser cutter: The slide with the cut tape Peel of the tape carefully Some sample slides

PDMS Casting
Putting the slides in casting boxes Cast with PDMS and cure at 60°C for about 1 hour. Remove the cast Plasma activate a clean glas slide and the PDMS piece (where to get the plasma from?) Put the PDMS piece back into a clean box and cover with a tube holder plate. Punch the holes. Attatch tubes and capture the microflow with a webcam stage.

Parts lasercut from acrylic in the FabLab Lucern.

File with drawings of the cast forms and webcam stage: