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Experiments to Record the Capillary Flow of Dyed Waterin SU-8 based Glass Microfluidic Devicestowards the Fluidic Phenomena

Subhadeep Mukhopadhyay

Abstract


In this experimental work, a set of three individual leakage-free SU-8 based glass microfluidic devices are fabricated by maskless lithography and proper indirect bonding technique. Dyed water(50% distilled water, 50% red dye) is prepared and used as working liquid. The microfluidic leakage is experimentally demonstrated in other set of two leaky microfluidic devices due to improper indirect bonding technique. The effect of surface-to-volume ratio on surface-driven capillary flow of dyed water is experimentally investigated. Also, the effect of microfluidic friction on surface-driven capillary flow of dyed water is experimentally investigated. This experimental work will be useful in commercial bioengineering applications.


Keywords


SU-8,dyed water, surface-to-volume ratio, microfluidic friction

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