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Photolithography creates a patterned mold that serves as the geometric template for the polymer. Because the mold contains microscale features, the later cast can reproduce channels and chambers with defined shapes. This patterning step is therefore central to controlling fluid paths and device architecture within the chip.
Heat curing stabilizes the cast PDMS after it has been combined with a curing agent, while bonding attaches the patterned layer to glass or another PDMS layer. Together, these operations turn a molded feature set into an assembled device. The resulting format supports microfluidic control, cell culture, and related bioengineering experiments.
Material choice directly affects how a chip can be used. PDMS provides transparency for observing microscale experiments, flexibility for constructing chip features, and biocompatibility for bioengineering settings. These properties help connect fabrication with applications such as cell culture, organ-on-chip models, and drug testing, where the device must support biological experimentation.
A typical workflow begins by producing a patterned mold with photolithography. Researchers then mix PDMS with a curing agent, cast the mixture against the mold, and heat-cure it. The formed layer is subsequently bonded to glass or another PDMS layer, often following plasma treatment. This sequence establishes the chip's microscale layout and usable device format.
Channels provide defined routes, chambers create specified spaces, and valves help regulate movement within the chip. By combining these features in a microscale layout, PDMS devices can control small fluid volumes rather than relying on bulk laboratory vessels. That architecture makes them useful for cell culture, chemical analysis, and drug-testing experiments.
PDMS chips are used across bioengineering for cell culture, chemical analysis, drug testing, and organ-on-chip models. They also support rapid prototyping, allowing researchers to create and evaluate device designs at relatively accessible cost before applying them to a particular experiment. Across these uses, the chip provides microscale environments for handling small fluid volumes.