High throughput clogging free microfluidic particle filter by femtosecond laser micromachining.

Autor: Storti F; Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy.; Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy., Bonfadini S; Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy., Mangini M; Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology 'G. Salvatore', IEOS-Second Unit, National Research Council, CNR, Napoli, Italy., De Luca AC; Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology 'G. Salvatore', IEOS-Second Unit, National Research Council, CNR, Napoli, Italy., Criante L; Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Electrophoresis [Electrophoresis] 2024 Sep; Vol. 45 (17-18), pp. 1505-1514. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 30.
DOI: 10.1002/elps.202300253
Abstrakt: In recent decades, driven by the needs of industry and medicine, researchers have been investigating how to remove carefully from the main flow microscopic particles or clusters of them. Among all the approaches proposed, crossflow filtration is one of the most attractive as it provides a non-destructive, label-free and in-flow sorting method. In general, the separation performance shows capture and separation efficiencies ranging from 70% up to 100%. However, the maximum flow rate achievable (µL/min) is still orders of magnitude away from those suitable for clinical or industrial applications mainly due to the low stiffness of the materials typically used. In this work, we propose an innovative hydrodynamic-crossflow hybrid filter geometry, buried in a fused silica substrate by means of the femtosecond laser irradiation followed by chemical etching technique. The material high stiffness combined with the accuracy of our manufacturing technique allows the 3D fabrication of non-deformable channels with higher aspect ratio posts, while keeping the overall device dimensions compact. The filter performance has been validated through experiments with both Newtonian (water-based solution of microbeads) and non-Newtonian fluids (blood), achieving separation efficiencies of up to 94% and large particles recovery rates of 100%, even at very high flow rates (mL/h).
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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