RAAK-mkb LOC2USE
Making lab-on-chip devices with low-cost production techniques.
Traditionally, microfluidic devices are made in cleanrooms using expensive (photolithography) techniques in combination with chemical etching. Moreover, expertise and a lot of equipment is needed to connect the microfluidic devices and perform a measurement. Jokingly, this refers to Chip in a Lab instead of Lab on a Chip. This makes the path towards an applications laboriously.
In this LOC2Use project, the research group NanoBio and the research group Industrial Design, in close cooperation with different companies, aim to make LOC technology accessible for the users by developing low-cost technologies. For this, we will focus on three fields: medical, environmental and forensic and collect their needs and wishes and develop low-cost technologies and LOC devices for this. Moreover, all our findings will be collected in an encyclopedia to distribute our findings to other fields.
Project partners
- Micronit
- All Round Technology
- LOC Sense
- PCV Group
- D'Andrea&Evers
- Akvoregia
- PolitieAcademie
- Nanoalmyona
- LabMicta
- University of Twente
- High Tech NL
- Solstice Pharmaceuticals
- ECsense
looptijd
Van april 2020 tot juni 2022
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