Ultrafast Laser Fabrication for Lab-on-a-Chip
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2016) | Viewed by 67403
Special Issue Editors
Interests: femtosecond laser micromachining; optofluidic devices; quantum photonic
Interests: femtosecond laser micromachining; integrated optics; optofluidics; lab on a chip
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Dear Colleagues,
Femtosecond lasers are becoming powerful tools for the prototyping and fabrication of lab-on-a-chip devices. The process involves the use of extremely short pulses (~10−13 s) of light that are focused inside the volume of a transparent material. Due to the extremely high irradiance, nonlinear absorption is induced and, as a consequence, a permanent modification of the material, just in the focal region, is produced. Translating the substrate in three dimensions, it is possible to directly inscribe arbitrary structures within the volume of the material, which is one of the most interesting capability of the technique if compared with traditional microfrabrication technologies. It is also a highly versatile tool, as it can modify a huge number of different materials with high accuracy. Moreover, under suitable conditions it allows to inscribe inside the same substrate both microfluidic networks and photonic components for sample analysis and manipulation, giving highly integrated lab-on-a-chip. Accordingly, this Special Issue aims to highlight the latest achievements in femtosecond-laser-fabrication of microfluidic devices and optical components. It seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on advanced femtosecond laser inscription procedures and innovative devices with applications to microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Osellame
Dr. Rebeca Martínez Vázquez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ultrafast laser inscription
- FLICE
- microfluidics
- lab-on-a-chip
- optofluidics
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