Journal
MICROMACHINES
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 738-755Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi5030738
Keywords
SU-8; UV photolithography; low-cost microfabrication; without cleanroom facility; microfluidic; MEMS
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Funding
- FEDER funds [COMPETE: FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-020241]
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [PTDC/EBB-EBI/120334/2010]
- FCT [SFRH/BD/81526/2011, SFRH/BD/81562/2011, SFRH/BPD/98109/2013]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/81526/2011, SFRH/BD/81562/2011, PTDC/EBB-EBI/120334/2010] Funding Source: FCT
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The study and optimization of epoxy-based negative photoresist (SU-8) microstructures through a low-cost process and without the need for cleanroom facility is presented in this paper. It is demonstrated that the Ultraviolet Rays (UV) exposure equipment, commonly used in the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industry, can replace the more expensive and less available equipment, as the Mask Aligner that has been used in the last 15 years for SU-8 patterning. Moreover, high transparency masks, printed in a photomask, are used, instead of expensive chromium masks. The fabrication of well-defined SU-8 microstructures with aspect ratios more than 20 is successfully demonstrated with those facilities. The viability of using the gray-scale technology in the photomasks for the fabrication of 3D microstructures is also reported. Moreover, SU-8 microstructures for different applications are shown throughout the paper.
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