Plate glass

Overview
Microfluidic glass products include microfluidic glass chips and wafers. Glass substrates provide superior thermal and chemical resistance compared with PDMS resin, and enable transparent, high-aspect-ratio and 3-dimensional channel structures suitable for analytical and sensor applications.

Product components

• Microfluidic glass chips
• Microfluidic glass wafers (substrates)

Features
Flexible 3-dimensional channel design

• Customizable 3D channel geometries to meet specific application requirements

Glass alternative to PDMS resin

• Improved thermal and chemical resistance compared with PDMS

Transparent microfluidic channels

• Optical access for observation and measurement from top, bottom and sides

High aspect-ratio channels

• Supports fabrication of deep, narrow channels for controlled flows and separations

Embedded electrodes

• Allows integration of electrodes for electrophoresis-based actuation, detection and separation

Applications

• Analytical chips for DNA analysis and drug-discovery screening
• Microreactors for biochemical reactions and electrophoresis systems
• Bioreactors for chemical and microorganism-detection sensors
• Industrial gas-detection sensors

Specifications / Technical data

• Material: Glass (microfluidic glass substrates)
• Advantages vs PDMS: Superior thermal resistance; superior chemical resistance
• Optical: Transparent channel surfaces enabling multi-directional observation and measurement
• Structure: Supports customizable 3D channel designs and high aspect-ratio channels
• Functionality: Integration of embedded electrodes for electrophoresis-based functions
• Typical applications: Analytical chips, microreactors, bioreactors, gas-detection sensors