Fabrication of fillable microparticles and other complex 3D microstructures

We describe a microfabrication method, termed StampEd Assembly of polymer Layers (SEAL), and create injectable pulsatile drug-delivery microparticles, pH sensors, and 3D microfluidic devices that we could not produce using traditional 3D printing. SEAL allows us to generate microstructures with complex geometry at high resolution, produce fully enclosed internal cavities containing a solid or liquid, and use potentially any thermoplastic material without processing additives.

Source: ScienceNOW - September 14, 2017 Category: Science Authors: McHugh, K. J., Nguyen, T. D., Linehan, A. R., Yang, D., Behrens, A. M., Rose, S., Tochka, Z. L., Tzeng, S. Y., Norman, J. J., Anselmo, A. C., Xu, X., Tomasic, S., Taylor, M. A., Lu, J., Guarecuco, R., Langer, R., Jaklenec, A. Tags: Materials Science reports Source Type: news