High Repetition Rate UV versus VIS Picosecond Laser Fabrication of 3D Microfluidic Channels Embedded in Photosensitive Glass
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Critical Dose Evaluation
3.2. Etching Rate Estimation
3.3. Fabrication of Microfluidic Embedded Channels
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Jipa, F.; Iosub, S.; Calin, B.; Axente, E.; Sima, F.; Sugioka, K. High Repetition Rate UV versus VIS Picosecond Laser Fabrication of 3D Microfluidic Channels Embedded in Photosensitive Glass. Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 583. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080583
Jipa F, Iosub S, Calin B, Axente E, Sima F, Sugioka K. High Repetition Rate UV versus VIS Picosecond Laser Fabrication of 3D Microfluidic Channels Embedded in Photosensitive Glass. Nanomaterials. 2018; 8(8):583. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080583
Chicago/Turabian StyleJipa, Florin, Stefana Iosub, Bogdan Calin, Emanuel Axente, Felix Sima, and Koji Sugioka. 2018. "High Repetition Rate UV versus VIS Picosecond Laser Fabrication of 3D Microfluidic Channels Embedded in Photosensitive Glass" Nanomaterials 8, no. 8: 583. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080583