| Info. | Vol.4 - No.2 (2010.06.20) |
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| Title | Integration of movable structures in PDMS microfluidic channels |
| Authors | Zhenkai Hu1,2 , Gu Han Kwon1,2 , Chang-Beom Kim1,3 , DongPyo Kim4 & Sang-Hoon Lee1 |
| Institutions | 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Korea University, Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-703, Korea 2Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea 3Research Institute of Health Science, College of Health Science, Korea University, Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-703, Korea 4Department of Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea |
| Abstract | In this paper, we analyzed the behavior of moving structures in a check valve micropumping system and proposed a method to improve the freedom of motion of such structures. A model ball valve in a microchannel system was designed for this study. The behavior of the glass sphere, which acted as an independent flow check valve in the PDMS microfluidic channel, was analyzed. We found that the motion of the ball valve in the microchannel was sensitive to the properties of the interface between the ball, channel and liquid. The glass ball valve moved freely when methanol or ethanol was introduced into the PDMS channel. However, the ball valve adhered to the PDMS channel when deionized (DI) water or cell culture media was introduced. Such behavior inhibits the applicability of this micropump to biological systems. The adhesion properties were modeled using the theory of interfacial actions between heterogeneous materials. The theoretical model successfully predicted the interaction properties that governed ball valve motion in the PDMS icrochannels. To ameliorate the excessive adhesion in DI water or cell culture media, a hybrid inorganic/organic polymer (HR4) was used to coat the PDMS channel. In the HR4-coated ball valve micropump, the glass ball moved freely in DI water and cell culture media. Finally, the biocompatibility of the HR4 coating was evaluated by pumping human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) suspended in media, and the pumped cells were cultured and evaluated for viability. A good viability demonstrated that the HR4 pump was biocompatible. |
| Keyword | PDMS, Adhesion, Micropumps, Movable structure, Surface coating |
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