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Fabrication of the Thermoplastic Microfluidic Channels
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2008
Here we demonstrate how to fabricate thermoplastic microfluidic chips using hot embossing and heat sealing. Then we demonstrate how to use in situ light directed surface grafting and polymerization through the sealed chip to form the composite solid phase columns.
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Three-dimensional Printing of Thermoplastic Materials to Create Automated Syringe Pumps with Feedback Control for Microfluidic Applications
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2018
Here we present a protocol to construct a pressure-controlled syringe pump to be used in microfluidic applications. This syringe pump is made from an additively manufactured body, off-the-shelf hardware, and open-source electronics. The resulting system is low-cost, straightforward to build, and delivers well-regulated fluid flow to enable rapid microfluidic research.
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Ultrasonic Welding of Thermoplastic Composite Coupons for Mechanical Characterization of Welded Joints through Single Lap Shear Testing
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2016
A straightforward procedure for ultrasonic welding of thermoplastic composite coupons for basic mechanical testing is described. Key characteristics of this ultrasonic welding process are the use of flat energy directors for simplified process preparation and the use of process data for the fast definition of optimum processing conditions.
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Multi-material Ceramic-Based Components – Additive Manufacturing of Black-and-white Zirconia Components by Thermoplastic 3D-Printing (CerAM - T3DP)
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2019
Here we describe a protocol for additively manufacturing black-and-white zirconia components by Thermoplastic 3D-Printing (CerAM - T3DP) and co-sintering defect-free.
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Characterization of Full Set Material Constants and Their Temperature Dependence for Piezoelectric Materials Using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy
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2016
This protocol describes the procedure of measuring the temperature dependence of the full set material constants of piezoelectric materials using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS).
FAQs
Heating increases molecular mobility within a thermoplastic, allowing polymer chains to move as intermolecular interactions become less restrictive. During cooling, reduced mobility restores a more rigid material. This reversible molecular response explains why processing can alter form without fundamentally changing chemical structure, a feature that supports repeated fabrication or reshaping of laboratory and biomedical components.
Compared with thermosetting plastics, thermoplastic materials can often be remelted and reprocessed because their heat response is reversible. Thermosetting materials provide a useful contrast because they do not share this remolding behavior. For biological tools, that distinction affects whether a component can be reshaped during manufacturing or during later processing.
Stiffness, transparency, chemical resistance, and manufacturability are important because they affect how a material performs in cell culture, sample handling, and biomedical tool design. Stiffness influences structural behavior, transparency can support observation, and chemical resistance contributes to material durability. Manufacturability determines how readily researchers can produce devices or scaffolds with useful forms.
These materials represent thermoplastic options used in laboratory consumables, microfluidic devices, diagnostic platforms, and tissue-engineering scaffolds. Their inclusion reflects the range of material choices available when researchers balance stiffness, transparency, chemical resistance, and manufacturability. The appropriate choice depends on which combination of these characteristics best supports the intended biological tool or experiment.
A laboratory component can be shaped, cooled to become rigid, and potentially reshaped during a later processing cycle. This repeatability supports the manufacture and reworking of consumables and research devices while preserving the material's basic chemical structure. The practical benefit is flexibility when producing tools for biological experiments, rather than relying on a single irreversible shaping step.
In biology, thermoplastic materials support several types of research infrastructure. They can form laboratory consumables for handling samples, microfluidic devices for platform design, diagnostic platforms, and scaffolds used in tissue-engineering research. Their tunable stiffness, transparency, chemical resistance, and manufacturability influence how these tools accommodate cell culture, sample handling, and biomedical investigation.