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Micronit can handle and process glass sheets down to 30 µm thickness.
Thin glass is especially suited as a cover layer for microfluidic chips. The main use is in applications using confocal microscopy but other applications requiring fast heating/cooling or low absorption of light or x-ray radiation could also benefit from thin glass layers.
Contact us to dicuss your customized thin glass microfluidic device.
Confocal Microscopy
Confocal Microscopy offers many advantages over conventional optical microscopy. The rejection of out-of-focus information leads to better imaging and a better resolution; moreover it gives the ability to have a controllable depth of field. As the light source is localised, background noise will be eliminated.
When using a confocal microscope with glass microfluidic chips it is thus important that the chip has a thin bottom. Micronit can integrate this thin bottom. Typical glass thicknesses for these applications are 145µm or 170µm.
other Applications
Microfluidic chips with a thin bottom can be used for heating purposes, as the thin glass will lead to a quick heat transfer. Thin chips are also perfectly suitable for XRF applications, as the thin bottom will have very little x-ray absorption.
Thin Bottom Chips for the Fluidic Connect
Micronit also offers microfluidic chips with a thin bottom layer off-the-shelf, compatible with the Fluidic Connect platform.