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Specific capabilities: micro and nano scale patterning; microfluidic device fabrication
The NCRIS investment in the South Australian node is enabling construction of a major new Microfluidics Fabrication Facility within The WarkTM at the University of South Australia. The facility, which will open in mid 2008, will enable the prototyping and replication of channels and networks at the micro-scale. The new capability will fit closely with the extensive minerals processing and interfacial science research infrastructure at The Wark.
The node will provide access to three main capabilities:
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Microfluidic Fabrication Facility for prototyping and replication of channels and networks at the micro-scale. The facility will comprise a dedicated clean room, equipped for surface preparation and cleaning, thin film deposition, micrometer scale photolithography, etching, surface characterisation and evaluation. Applications include lab-on-a-chip (with continuous flow chemical operations and extraction. Reaction rates 100 to 1000 times faster than during conventional processing), solvent extraction, pigment processing, genome research, pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.
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Surface Treatment Facility for chemical and physical modification using functional molecules to tailor microfluidic devices and various other surfaces for end user applications.
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Patterning and Texturing Facility for patterning and machining of various substrates, including silicon and glass, The facility will be able to couple lithographic and direct write techniques depending on end user applications. Spatially controlled deposition is critical in the fields of fluidic and electric circuitry, responsive surfaces and other interfaces in advanced manufacturing.
 
Contact Details
Facility Manager: Dr Dennis Palms
Email: dennis.palms@unisa.edu.au
Phone: 08 8302 5145
Node Director: Prof. John Ralston
Email: john.ralston@unisa.edu.au
Phone: 08 8302 3066 |
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Instrumentation Available |
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Surface Treatment and Patterning & Texturing facilities will be purchased in 2008/2009.
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