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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Microfluidics
  • Cell Biology

Background:

  • Microfluidics offers significant advantages in biological research but faces challenges in fabrication.
  • Existing methods for creating microfluidic devices can be complex and time-consuming.
  • There is a need for accessible and rapid microfluidic fabrication techniques for biomedical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel, contactless method for fabricating microfluidic circuits on standard Petri dishes.
  • To demonstrate the versatility of this method for various cell culture applications.
  • To address the unmet demand for simplified microfluidics in biomedicine.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a dispensing needle, syringe pump, and an immiscible fluorocarbon (FC40) to create liquid walls.
  • Employed a submerged microjet of FC40 projected onto the Petri dish bottom.
  • Leveraged interfacial forces to form stable liquid fluorocarbon walls defining microfluidic channels.

Main Results:

  • Successfully fabricated complex 2D microfluidic circuits in minutes on standard Petri dishes.
  • Demonstrated applications including cell cloning beyond the Poisson limit and continuous feeding of cell arrays for one week.
  • Showcased the ability to subculture adherent cells using the fabricated microfluidic structures.

Conclusions:

  • The contactless microfluidic fabrication method is rapid, versatile, and cost-effective.
  • This technique has broad potential applications in cell biology, drug screening, and other areas of biomedicine.
  • The developed method overcomes limitations of traditional microfluidic fabrication, paving the way for wider adoption.