Magnetic PDMS micro-pillars
If | we mange to create PDMS molds outside of the clean room |
|---|---|
Then | it will reduce the need for clean room |
But | it might lower the device quality |
creating one device takes long time
create copies from a working device and not from scratch
creating one mold takes long time in the clean room
new process without the need of clean room
the lithography process is to long
we need to improve the process or find a way to skip it
we need to expose a lot of area to create the holes
we need to change the pattern to make the process faster
we can't create multiple devices at the same time to reduce time
we need to create from one mold multiple molds to do it we can create silicon mold of pillars and then to create multiple holes molds from PDMS instead of silicon.
by creating silicon pillars instead of holes - the time in the clean room is reduced significantly because the exposure area is a lot smaller
New process for PDMS micropillars fabrication
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lithography and PDMS casting
Operational Effectiveness – OE
Effective
Ineffective
OE 5.45
Operational Perfectness - OP
Basic functions
Components
Supersystems
OP 0.17
optical review | 16 |
pill the PDMS from the mold
| 14 |
Silicon mold | 9 |
SEM review | 9 |
Etching | 6 |
bake the PDMS | 6 |
cast PDMS | 5 |
Resist development | 5 |
UV exposure | 4 |
apply nano magnetic particles | 4 |
we depend to much on the skilled operator, by reducing the process that requires the skilled operator we can make the process a lot more simple
Anatoly Agulyansky
This is a great project. You made excellent analysis and got to the best solution. Your project confirms again the powerful of the Functional Modeling and 40 Inventive Principles. Continue to use the platform.
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