AVS 51st International Symposium
    Plasma Science and Technology Wednesday Sessions
       Session PS1-WeM

Invited Paper PS1-WeM3
Plasmas Technologies in Microfluidics for Novel Bioanalytical Systems

Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 9:00 am, Room 213A

Session: Plasma in Nanoscale Applications
Presenter: T. Ichiki, Toyo University, Japan
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Development of innovative nano-bio-analytical systems is coming to reality by the combination of the microfluidic device technologies and the precise image processing systems using an optical microscope or a scanning probe microscope. Highly functional microfluidic devices can be fabricated by the application of advanced nano/microfabrication technologies developed in the ULSI industry. Microfluidic devices under development in our projects are expected to enable direct manipulation and analysis of each single cell and obtain molecular-level information about life phenomena of the cell, which has not been attainable by the conventional analysis tools. Recent progress and the future scope in plasma processing for microfluidic devices will be presented in this paper.