CN109289952B - Preparation method of microfluidic chip with high-viscosity micron-sized channel - Google Patents

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CN109289952B
CN109289952B CN201811322667.8A CN201811322667A CN109289952B CN 109289952 B CN109289952 B CN 109289952B CN 201811322667 A CN201811322667 A CN 201811322667A CN 109289952 B CN109289952 B CN 109289952B
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Abstract

A preparation method of a microfluidic chip of a high-viscosity micron-sized channel relates to a preparation method of a micron-sized experimental apparatus, wherein the chip is made of PDMS, and the chip structure is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer; the micro-fluidic chip of the micro-channel is composed of an upper layer and a lower layer of PDMS chip, wherein the upper layer of the chip is provided with a cross structure which is in a micro-level and generates micro-liquid drops, the lower layer of the chip is provided with a long channel with a triangular top end, the channel is the same width and the same depth as the upper layer of the channel, then the lower layer of the channel is aligned to the A part of the upper layer of the chip under a microscope, and the structure of the micro-liquid drops is formed, and the micro-fluidic chip is sealed to form the composite double-layer chip. The micro-fluidic chip of the micro-scale channel which can be manufactured by the conventional laboratory can be used for preparing the high-viscosity micro-droplet, the method is simple and easy to implement, and the method can be widely applied to the fields of biology, pharmaceutical chemistry, chemical reaction, synthesis and the like in future.

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Preparation method of microfluidic chip with high-viscosity micron-sized channel
Technical Field
The invention relates to a preparation method of a micron-sized experimental apparatus, in particular to a preparation method of a microfluidic chip of a high-viscosity micron-sized channel.
Background
Microfluidic chip systems are capable of producing highly dispersed microdroplets efficiently, rapidly and controllably over a nano-or micro-diameter range. The specific surface area of the liquid drop is large, the heat and mass transfer distance is very short, the reaction is quick, and the liquid drop has certain advantages in chemical and biological application. In recent years, microfluidic micro-droplet technology is widely applied in fields of biology, pharmaceutical chemistry, chemical reaction, synthesis and the like, and along with the development of science, the demand for high-viscosity micro-droplets is increasing, such as high polymer solutions, biological materials for synthesis and the like, but due to the relatively large viscosity of the liquid, nano-sized channels are usually required for obtaining micro-sized droplets, and a series of special and expensive instruments and equipment are required for the nano-sized microfluidic chip, so that the conventional single-layer chip cannot generate stable and uniform micro-droplets, and the experiment needs cannot be met, so that the experiment is difficult to realize in a general conventional laboratory.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a preparation method of a microfluidic chip with a high-viscosity micron-sized channel, and the composite double-layer chip prepared by the preparation method can generate uniform micro-droplets with the volume of only 1.1pL, and can stably obtain the micro-droplets with the high viscosity and the very small volume.
The invention aims at realizing the following technical scheme:
a method for preparing a microfluidic chip with a high-viscosity micron-sized channel, which comprises the following preparation processes:
the micron-sized micro-droplet manufacturing upper chip is in a cross channel shape, and is in a straight channel shape with the lower chip which is the same width and the same depth and is pointed at the top end, and the micro-sized micro-droplet manufacturing upper chip and the lower chip are sealed together at the position where the micro-droplet is formed to form a composite double-layer chip; namely: the chip is made of PDMS, and the chip structure is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer; the micro-fluidic chip of the micro-channel is composed of an upper layer and a lower layer of PDMS chip, wherein the upper layer of the chip is provided with a cross structure which is in a micro-level and generates micro-liquid drops, the lower layer of the chip is provided with a long channel with a triangular top end, the channel is the same width and the same depth as the upper layer of the channel, then the lower layer of the channel is aligned to the A part of the upper layer of the chip under a microscope, and the structure of the micro-liquid drops is formed, and the micro-fluidic chip is sealed to form the composite double-layer chip.
According to the preparation method of the microfluidic chip with the high-viscosity micron-sized channel, the upper chip is of a micron-sized cross structure for generating micro-droplets, the lower chip is of a long channel with a triangular top end, the long channel is the same as the upper channel in width and depth, and then the lower channel is aligned with the A position of the upper chip under a microscope for sealing.
The A part is a structure part for forming micro liquid drops; at the micro-droplet formation, the channel suddenly deepens and the shear force increases, causing the droplet to break.
According to the preparation method of the microfluidic chip of the high-viscosity micron-sized channel, hexadecane containing 3% (w/v) SPAN80 is used as a continuous phase, 2% alginate is used as a disperse phase to form micro-droplets, the flow rate condition is that the flow rate of the continuous phase is 5 mu L/min, and the flow rate of the disperse phase is 0.1 mu L/min, and uniform micro-droplets with the volume of 1.1pL are generated.
The invention has the advantages and effects that:
1. the composite double-layer chip prepared by the invention has the advantages that at the micro-droplet forming position, the channel suddenly deepens, the shearing force becomes large, the droplet is promoted to be broken and formed, the micro-droplet with very small volume and high viscosity can be stably obtained, the manufacturing method is very simple, the manufacturing can be performed in a conventional laboratory, and expensive and complex instruments and equipment are not needed.
2. The micro-fluidic chip of the micro-scale channel which can be manufactured by the conventional laboratory can be used for preparing the high-viscosity micro-droplet, the method is simple and easy to implement, and the method can be widely applied to the fields of biology, pharmaceutical chemistry, chemical reaction, synthesis and the like in future.
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FIG. 1 is a front view of an upper chip of a microfluidic chip according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of an upper chip of the microfluidic chip of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a top chip of the microfluidic chip of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a front view of a lower chip of the microfluidic chip of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a side view of a lower chip of the microfluidic chip of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a lower chip of the microfluidic chip of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a front view of a composite double-layer microfluidic chip of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a side view of a composite double-layer microfluidic chip of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a perspective view of a composite double-layer microfluidic chip according to the present invention.
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The present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.
The invention is a micro-fluidic chip method of micron-scale channel that can make the high-viscosity micro-droplet steadily, this chip is made of PDMS, or utilize this method can also choose other materials to prepare the chip, the chip structure is divided into upper and lower two-layer; the micro-fluidic chip of the micro-channel is composed of an upper layer and a lower layer of PDMS chip, wherein the upper layer of the chip is provided with a cross structure for generating micro-liquid drops, the lower layer of the chip is provided with a long channel with a triangular top end, the channel is the same width and the same depth as the upper layer of the channel, then the lower layer of the channel is aligned to the A part of the upper layer of the chip under a microscope to form a micro-liquid drop structure, and the micro-liquid drop structure is sealed, so that the channel suddenly deepens at the micro-liquid drop forming part, the shearing force is increased, and the liquid drops are caused to be broken and formed.
The invention seals the cross channel (upper chip) for manufacturing micro-liquid drop with the straight channel (lower chip) with same width and same depth and pointed top at the position of forming micro-liquid drop to form the composite double-layer chip.
The medium conditions are as follows: the composite double-layer chip has 3% (w/v) SPAN80 hexadecane as a continuous phase, 2% alginate as a disperse phase to form micro-droplets, and the flow rate condition is that the flow rate of the continuous phase is 5 mu L/min and the flow rate of the disperse phase is 0.1 mu L/min. Uniform micro-droplets with the volume of only 1.1pL are generated, micro-droplets with very small volume and high viscosity can be stably obtained, and the chip can be manufactured simply and conveniently in a laboratory without expensive and complex instruments.

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1. The preparation method of the microfluidic chip of the high-viscosity micron-sized channel is characterized by comprising the following preparation processes:
the chip is made of PDMS, and the chip structure is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer; the microfluidic chip of the micron-sized channel is composed of an upper layer PDMS chip and a lower layer PDMS chip, wherein the upper layer chip is provided with a micron-sized cross channel for generating micro-droplets, the lower layer chip is provided with a long channel with a triangular top end, the channel is as wide as the upper layer channel, the channel is as deep as the upper layer channel, then the lower layer channel is aligned to the A part of the upper layer chip under a microscope, the A part is the cross point of the cross channel and the structure part for forming the micro-droplets, the structure part of the micro-droplets is sealed into a composite double-layer chip, the channel suddenly deepens at the formation part of the micro-droplets, and the shearing force is increased to promote the breaking formation of the droplets;
the microdroplet contains 3% (w/v) SPAN80 in hexadecane as the continuous phase and 2% alginate as the dispersed phase to form microdroplet, wherein the flow rate condition is that the flow rate of the continuous phase is 5 μL/min and the flow rate of the dispersed phase is 0.1 μL/min, and uniform microdroplet with volume of 1.1pL is produced.
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