PMID- 23639992
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131209
LR  - 20130522
IS  - 1473-0189 (Electronic)
IS  - 1473-0189 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 12
DP  - 2013 Jun 21
TI  - Microfluidics on liquid handling stations (muF-on-LHS): an industry compatible 
      chip interface between microfluidics and automated liquid handling stations.
PG  - 2337-43
LID - 10.1039/c3lc00042g [doi]
AB  - We describe a generic microfluidic interface design that allows the connection of 
      microfluidic chips to established industrial liquid handling stations (LHS). A 
      molding tool has been designed that allows fabrication of low-cost disposable 
      polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) chips with interfaces that provide convenient and 
      reversible connection of the microfluidic chip to industrial LHS. The concept 
      allows complete freedom of design for the microfluidic chip itself. In this setup 
      all peripheral fluidic components (such as valves and pumps) usually required for 
      microfluidic experiments are provided by the LHS. Experiments (including readout) 
      can be carried out fully automated using the hardware and software provided by 
      LHS manufacturer. Our approach uses a chip interface that is compatible with 
      widely used and industrially established LHS which is a significant advancement 
      towards near-industrial experimental design in microfluidics and will greatly 
      facilitate the acceptance and translation of microfluidics technology in 
      industry.
FAU - Waldbaur, Ansgar
AU  - Waldbaur A
AD  - Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), KIT, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 
      Germany.
FAU - Kittelmann, Jorg
AU  - Kittelmann J
FAU - Radtke, Carsten P
AU  - Radtke CP
FAU - Hubbuch, Jurgen
AU  - Hubbuch J
FAU - Rapp, Bastian E
AU  - Rapp BE
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130503
PL  - England
TA  - Lab Chip
JT  - Lab on a chip
JID - 101128948
EDAT- 2013/05/04 06:00
MHDA- 2013/05/04 06:01
CRDT- 2013/05/04 06:00
PHST- 2013/05/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/05/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/05/04 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c3lc00042g [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Lab Chip. 2013 Jun 21;13(12):2337-43. doi: 10.1039/c3lc00042g. Epub 2013 May 3.