MICROFLUID

Micro-fabrication of polymeric lab-on-a-chip by ultrafast lasers with integrated optical detection

Coordinatore	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE    more  Organization address contact info Cognome: OSELLAME, ROBERTO Email: send email Telefono: +39 02 23996075 Fax: +39 02 23996126
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Sito del progetto	http://www.ifn.cnr.it/microfluid/index.html
Totale costo	4˙490˙536 €
EC contributo	3˙200˙000 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-06-01   -   2011-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE	IT	coordinator	0.00
2	AGROLABO S.P.A.  Organization address address: VIA LUIGI COLLI 20 city: TORINO postcode: 10129 contact info	IT (TORINO)	participant	0.00
3	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: 3, RUE MICHEL-ANGE city: PARIS CEDEX 16 contact info	FR (PARIS CEDEX 16)	participant	0.00
4	CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT	CH	participant	0.00
5	INSTITUT FUER MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH  Organization address address: CARL-ZEISS-STRASSE 18-20 city: MAINZ postcode: 55129 contact info	DE (MAINZ)	participant	0.00
6	LZH LASERZENTRUM HANNOVER E.V.  Organization address address: HOLLERITHALLEE 8 city: HANNOVER postcode: 30419 contact info	DE (HANNOVER)	participant	0.00
7	MICROFLUIDIC CHIPSHOP GMBH  Organization address address: CARL-ZEISS-PROMENADE 10 city: JENA postcode: 7745 contact info	DE (JENA)	participant	0.00
8	POLITECNICO DI MILANO  Organization address address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 city: MILANO contact info	IT (MILANO)	participant	0.00
9	THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER  Organization address address: OXFORD ROAD city: MANCHESTER contact info	UK (MANCHESTER)	participant	0.00

Mappa

 Word cloud

Esplora la "nuvola delle parole (Word Cloud) per avere un'idea di massima del progetto.

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Lab-on-chips (LOCs) are microsystems capable of manipulating small (micro to nanoliters) amounts of fluids in microfluidic channels with dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometers: they have a huge application potential in many diverse fields, ranging from basic science (genomics and proteomics), to chemical synthesis and drug development, point-of-care medical analysis and environmental monitoring.

Polymers are rapidly emerging as the material of choice for LOC production, due to the low substrate cost and ease of processing. Notwithstanding their potential, LOC commercial exploitation has been slow so far. Two breakthroughs that could promote LOC diffusion are: - a microfabrication technology with low-cost rapid prototyping capabilities; - an integrated on-chip optical detection system.

In this project we propose the use of femtosecond lasers as a novel highly flexible microfabrication platform for polymeric LOCs with integrated optical detection, for the realization of low-cost and truly portable biophotonic microsystems. Femtosecond laser processing is a direct, maskless fabrication technique enabling spatially selective three-dimensional material modification.

It will be employed in different steps of the LOC production cycle: - rapid prototyping of the microfluidic chip using laser ablation or two-photon polymerization; - direct fabrication of optical waveguides and integrated photonic components on the LOC for in situ optical sensing; - master tool fabrication for mass production by replication techniques.

The laser fabrication technology will enable to implement a variety of microfluidic LOCs with integrated photonic functionalities. In this project we concentrate on two prototypical applications in the fields of food quality and environmental sensing: LOCs for detection of mycotoxins in animal feeds and LOCs for water screening to detect bacteria and heavy ions contamination.