On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers

On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers

A wide variety of 3D printing technologies have been used for the fabrication of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices in recent years. Despite the large number of studies having examined the use of 3D printing technologies in microfluidic devices, the effect of the fabrication method on their performance has...

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Main Authors: Mojtaba Zeraatkar, Daniel Filippini, Gianluca Percoco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Micromachines
Subjects:
micromixing
fused deposition modeling
stereolithography
polyjet
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/5/298
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spelling doaj-cf528fcc11404ccc81d1642713a802a72020-11-25T00:52:41ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2019-04-0110529810.3390/mi10050298mi10050298On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed MixersMojtaba Zeraatkar0Daniel Filippini1Gianluca Percoco2Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, 70126 Bari, ItalyOptical Devices Lab, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, SwedenDepartment of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, 70126 Bari, ItalyA wide variety of 3D printing technologies have been used for the fabrication of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices in recent years. Despite the large number of studies having examined the use of 3D printing technologies in microfluidic devices, the effect of the fabrication method on their performance has received little attention. In this paper, a comparison is shown between unibody-LOC micro-mixers, a particular type of monolithic design for 3D printed LOCs, fabricated in polyjet, stereolithography (SLA) and fused deposition modelling (FDM or FFF) platforms, paying particular attention to the inherent limitations of each fabrication platform and how these affect the performance of the manufactured devices.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/5/298micromixingfused deposition modelingstereolithographypolyjet
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author Mojtaba Zeraatkar
Daniel Filippini
Gianluca Percoco
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Daniel Filippini
Gianluca Percoco
On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers
Micromachines
micromixing
fused deposition modeling
stereolithography
polyjet
author_facet Mojtaba Zeraatkar
Daniel Filippini
Gianluca Percoco
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title On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers
title_short On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers
title_full On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers
title_fullStr On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers
title_full_unstemmed On the Impact of the Fabrication Method on the Performance of 3D Printed Mixers
title_sort on the impact of the fabrication method on the performance of 3d printed mixers
publisher MDPI AG
series Micromachines
issn 2072-666X
publishDate 2019-04-01
description A wide variety of 3D printing technologies have been used for the fabrication of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices in recent years. Despite the large number of studies having examined the use of 3D printing technologies in microfluidic devices, the effect of the fabrication method on their performance has received little attention. In this paper, a comparison is shown between unibody-LOC micro-mixers, a particular type of monolithic design for 3D printed LOCs, fabricated in polyjet, stereolithography (SLA) and fused deposition modelling (FDM or FFF) platforms, paying particular attention to the inherent limitations of each fabrication platform and how these affect the performance of the manufactured devices.
topic micromixing
fused deposition modeling
stereolithography
polyjet
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/5/298
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