daekle t1_izegkk6 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 2:49 PM

Hi guys, Do you have a tabletop vortex mixer, and if so how often do you stick your finger into it? (in my opinion its the best part of being in science)

less importantly, are your microfluidic devices silicon based (using the same processing as silicon fabrication, such as photolithography), or can you make MF devices with plastics? as I assume the latter would be cheaper.

UniversityofBath OP t1_izei7u9 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Thanks for the question 😊 the vortex mixers do have multiple uses. We are using a few approaches to develop the devices; photolithography is one of them as you say, but we are also using higher resolution 3D printers to produce cheaper at scale microfluidic devices.