Facile moldless fabrication of disk-shaped and reed blood cell-like microparticles using photopolymerization of tripropylene glycol diacrylate
- Title
- Facile moldless fabrication of disk-shaped and reed blood cell-like microparticles using photopolymerization of tripropylene glycol diacrylate
- Author
- 송시몬
- Keywords
- moldless fabrication; particle; photopolymerization; dimpled disk
- Issue Date
- 2014-12
- Publisher
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, 권: 24, 호: 12
- Abstract
- A facile method for the moldless fabrication of 2- or 3-dimensional microparticles is proposed by using a photopolymerization technique. Using only a monomer solution of tripropylene glycol diacrylate, a film mask and standard UV lithography equipment, we were able to fabricate microparticles of various shapes, such as disks, dimpled disks similar in shape to red blood cells, and slender gourd shapes, unlike previous moldless fabrication techniques requiring expensive and/or sophisticated equipment. The simple method could produce more than one million particles in a single batch, indicating that it can be applied to the mass production of polymer microparticles. Analyses of scanning electron micrographs and optical micrographs of the microparticles indicated that their size distribution was highly monodisperse. Detailed fabrication processes and statistics on the microparticle sizes are given in this paper.
- URI
- http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0960-1317/24/12/127001/metahttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/56570
- ISSN
- 1361-6439
- DOI
- 10.1088/0960-1317/24/12/127001
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > MECHANICAL ENGINEERING(기계공학부) > Articles
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