Glass Fabrication

3D-Printing of Glass Now Possible

April 28, 2017

Three-dimensional printing allows extremely small and complex structures to be made even in small series. A method developed at the KIT for the first time allows also glass to be used for this technique. As a consequence of the properties [more...]

Eternal 5D Data Storage Could Record The History Of Humankind

March 26, 2016

Documents captured in nanostructured glass, expected to last billions of years (credit: University of Southampton) Scientists at the University of Southampton have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that [more...]

Fabrication of Glass Microfluidic Devices

October 19, 2014

Material Specifications Glass is a popular substrate for microfluidic (mF) chips, although plastics are becoming more common due to the ease in fabrication. Several types of glass are used in mF devices, such as soda lime, quartz, and [more...]

Glass Chip Design Guide- Dolomite Microfluidics

October 4, 2014

Glass Microfluidic Chip from Dolomite-Microfluidics 1 Summary 2 2 Fabrication processes 3 2.1 Fabrication process summary 3 2.2 Isotropic etching 3 2.3 Drilling holes 4 2.4 Glass layer thickness 4 2.5 Fusing [more...]