@inproceedings{02d561270544454eb55788d1f1f4465c,
title = "PDMS microlens array fabrication using water droplets",
abstract = "We developed a novel method that uses water droplets as molds to fabricate large arrays of highly curved microlenses. The formation of water droplets is controlled by creating circular hydrophilic regions on a hydrophobic surface with microscale PLasma Activated Templating (µPLAT) [1-3], in which a physical mask is used to expose selected areas to air plasma to increase hydrophilicity. The new method dramatically improves the light gathering capacity of microlenses over traditional microfabrication methods with a minimum cost. These lens arrays can be easily integrated with lab-on-a-chip devices.",
keywords = "Microlens array, Microscale plasma activated templating, Soft lithography",
author = "Chao, {Shih Hui} and Robert Carlson and Deirdre Meldrum",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge the support of the National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science: Microscale Life Sciences Center, grant number 5 P50 HG002360-05, and grant number. 1 R01HG01497, and Fotofab Inc. for providing the free metal screen for PPLAT masking. Funding Information: We acknowledge the support of the National Institutes of Health, National Human eG nome eR search Institute, Centers of xE cellence in eG nomic Science: Microscale Life Sciences Center, grant number 5 P50 HG002360-05, and grant number. 1 0R 1HG01497, and Fotofab Inc. for providing the free metal screen for ?PLAT masking. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2007 CBMS.; 11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, uTAS 2007 ; Conference date: 07-10-2007 Through 11-10-2007",
year = "2007",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, uTAS 2007",
publisher = "Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society",
pages = "1717--1719",
editor = "Jean-Louis Viovy and Patrick Tabeling and Stephanie Descroix and Laurent Malaquin",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, uTAS 2007",
}