Hybrid Microfluidic Systems: Fabrication of a Hybrid Microfluidic System Incorporating both Lithographically Patterned Microchannels and a 3D Fiber‐Formed Microfluidic Network (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2/2012)

Abstract

A device containing a 3D microchannel network (fabricated using sacrificial melt‐spun microfibers) sandwiched between lithographically patterned microfluidic channels offers improved delivery of soluble compounds to a large volume compared to a simple stack of two microfluidic channel layers. With this improved delivery ability comes an increased fluidic resistance due to the tortuous network of small‐diameter channels, report Leon Bellan and co‐workers .