A new paper by Jaione Etxebarria and co-workers from the University of Basque Country, Vitoria‑Gasteiz, Spain, in a collaboration with Micronit Microfluidics BV and the MCS group,
describes the design and manufacturing of a miniaturized polymeric liquid flow controlling system composed of a pneumatic microvalve and an on-chip microflow sensor. The disposable device is made by hot-embossing of structures in a Cyclic Olefin Polymer (COP) substrate, sealed with a COP membrane, and metallized to give a microfluidic control system. The system has successfully been tested for microfluidic droplet generation.
The full paper entitled "Highly integrated polymeric microliquid flow controller for droplet microfluidics" can be found at this DOI: 10.1007/s10404-017-1898-3
