A Method for Manufacturing Flexible Microfluidic Chip Based on Soluble Material

Table 5

Comparison of different microfabrication methods.

Chip material	Production methods	Manufacturing conditions	Important technological process	The channel dimension (μm)
PDMS	Sugar templating approach	Vacuum; Convection heating; Freezing; Hydrolysis	Vacuum; Heating; Hydrolysis	300-500
Hard wax resin	Micro lost-wax casting	High pressure; Elevated temperature	High temperature heating	300
PDMS	3D printing; Dissolve	Room temperature	Dissolve; No bonding	200