Xurography:: Rapid prototyping of microstructures using a cutting plotter
Xurography:: Rapid prototyping of microstructures using a cutting plotter
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DOI：
10.1109/jmems.2005.859087
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Andrade, JD
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作者：
Bartholomeusz, DA;Boutté, RW;Andrade, JD
本文介绍了xurography，或“剃刀写作，”作为一种新的快速成型技术，在各种薄膜中创建微结构。该技术使用传统上用于标牌行业的切割机，用于切割粘合剂乙烯基薄膜中的图形。使用具有10 μ m的可寻址分辨率的切割机来切割厚度范围从25 μ m到1000 μ m的各种膜中的微结构。在25 μ m厚的材料中切割低至35 μ m的正特征和低至18 μ m的负特征。在360 μ π ι厚的材料中，正特征的5.2和负特征的8的更高纵横比是可能的。一个简单的模型相关的材料性能的最小特征尺寸的介绍。从压敏和热活化粘合剂膜切割的多层微结构在不到30分钟的时间内层压，而不需要热处理或化学品。这些微结构的潜在应用进行了探讨，包括：荫罩，电镀，PDMS的微模具，和多层三维（3-D）通道。这种廉价的方法可以快速原型化微流体装置或用于更高分辨率装置的第三流体连接。
This paper introduces xurography, or "razor writing," as a novel rapid prototyping technique for creating microstructures in various films. This technique uses a cutting plotter traditionally used in the sign industry for cutting graphics in adhesive vinyl films. A cutting plotter with an addressable resolution of 10 mu m was used to cut microstructures in various films with thicknesses ranging from 25 to 1000 mu m. Positive features down to 35 mu m and negative features down to 18 pm were cut in a 25 pm thick material. Higher aspect ratios of 5.2 for positive features and 8 for negative features were possible in a 360 pm thick material. A simple model correlating material properties to minimum feature size is introduced. Multilayered microstructures cut from pressure sensitive and thermal activated adhesive films were laminated in less than 30 min Without photolithographic processes or chemicals. Potential applications of these microstructures are explored including: shadow masking, electroplating, micromolds for PDMS, and multilayered three-dimensional (3-D) channels. This inexpensive method can rapidly prototype microfluidic devices or tertiary fluid connections for higher resolution devices.