基于多层SU-8结构的微喷阵列芯片的制作与应用研究

Fabrication and application of multilayer SU-8 based micro dispensing array chip

  • 摘要: 采用光刻胶SU-8的光刻成型技术和“多次光刻、一次显影”工艺制备了基于三层SU-8结构的微喷阵列芯片,重点研究了SU-8胶工艺过程中平整度、温度和曝光剂量对多层微结构的影响,解决了芯片结构有裂纹、发生破裂和喷孔堵塞等问题。利用O2等离子体处理了芯片微管道内表面,使液体样品在进样后能够进行自动传输、分配和贮存。持续10ms的10kPa气压驱动下,该芯片可以在3.4mm×3.4mm的尼龙膜上制成5×5样品微阵列,25个点直径平均值为384μm,变异系数为2.6%。利用该芯片制成的DNA微阵列的信号强度变异系数达到4.5%,直径大小变异系数达到3.2%,符合生物微阵列分析的要求。

     

    Abstract: The fabrication of the micro dispensing array chips was successfully completed by Polymer-MEMS technology,employing three SU-8 layers without development after exposure until the end of the process.The influences of process parameters such as evenness,temperature and exposure doses on multilayer microstructures,were discussed in order to eliminate the crack,breakage and over-crosslink in the chip.The processes of fluid sample filling,delivering and dispensing can be automatically performed in the chip by capillary force of the hydrophilic micro-channel pre-treated by O2 plasma.Up to 25 individual fluid spots with the average diameters of 384μm can be simultaneously produced onto nylon membrane with the area of 3.4mm×3.4mm by the chip at a pressure of 10 kPa for 10ms and the coefficient of variation(CV) within 25 spots is 2.6%. The CV for signal intensity within all spots in a single DNA microarray fabricated by the chip is as low as 4.5% and the CV for diameter can reach 3.2%.It shows that the chip is suitable and practicable for microarray production and assay.

     

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