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2017

Development of titanium micro mold manufacturing technology for the microfluidic chip by plasma etching

Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan
  • Takeshi Hitobo
  • ,
  • Masahiro Shiroki
  • ,
  • Hirofumi Nabesawa
  • ,
  • Toyohisa Asaji
  • ,
  • Takashi Abe

Volume
60
Number
4
First page
145
Last page
147
Language
Japanese
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.3131/jvsj2.60.145
Publisher
Vacuum Society of Japan

This paper describes the microfabrication of titanium micro molds for the microfluidic chip by a reactive ion etching (RIE) system. The etching was carried out using SF6 plasma.We have examined the etching rate and surface roughness at the range of process pressure 0.3-0.7 Pa and RF (13.56 MHz radio-frequency) power 30-70 W. The etching rate is over 0.3 mm/min at the RF power of 70W. The surface roughness of etched substrates is below 40 nm at the process pressure of 0.3 Pa. We made a titanium micro mold and molded microfluidic chips by using polycarbonate, and microresico® (Polypropylene resin).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3131/jvsj2.60.145
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  • DOI : 10.3131/jvsj2.60.145
  • ISSN : 1882-2398
  • SCOPUS ID : 85017641764

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