Microembossing: A Convenient Process for Fabricating Microchannels on Nanocellulose Paper-Based MicrofluidicsWenwen Yuan 1,2,3, Hang Yuan 1, Sixuan Duan 1,2, Ruiqi Yong 1, Jia Zhu 1,2,4, Eng Gee Lim 1,2, Ivona Mitrovic 2, Pengfei Song 1,2
1School of Advanced Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, 2Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, 3State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 4School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Smart Transportation, Suzhou City University
This protocol describes a straightforward process that utilizes convenient plastic micro-molds for simple microembossing operations to fabricate microchannels on nanofibrillated cellulose paper, achieving a minimum width of 200 µm.