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Desarrollo, caracterización e integración de bombas microfluídicas modulares en dispositivos Point-of-Care (POC) basados en materiales poliméricos

Doctoral student:
Lorena Ruiz de Larrinaga
Year:
2020
University:
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Director(s):
Director: Lourdes Basabe Desmonts Co-Director: Fernando Benito López, Supervisor: Yara Álvarez Braña
Description:

It presents the design and manufacture of self-propelled polymeric microfluidic devices manufactured by 3D printing and PDMS molding. Three pumping strategies were presented:

(1) PDMS modular micropump.

(2) 3D modular micropump of flexible epoxy resin.

(3) finger-actuated pump.

Finally, the obtained self-propelled devices: the detection of starch and the determination of pH in sweat, with applications in the food industry and in the biosanitary sector, respectively,were evaluated.