MFMET project - Establishing metrology standards in microfluidic devices

Elsa Batista, Vania Silverio, Florestan Ogheard, Christina Pecnik, Holger Becker, Anders Niemann

Abstract

This paper presents the objectives and initial outcomes of EMPIR Project 20NRM02 MFMET - Establishing metrology standards in microfluidic devices, funded under the EURAMET EMPIR program of the European Commission, that intends to tackle the lack of metrological specifications for microfluidics. It started in June 2021 with the involvement of 15 partners and will have a duration of three years. The main goal of this project is to contribute to the development of globally accepted standards for microfluidics, with a focus in metrology for the methodologies and fabrication processes that are essential to ensure measurement accuracy and traceability of microfluidic devices and their dissemination to end users in industry (health, pharmaceutical) and academia. This project is expected to create impact, as new calibration guidelines for microfluidics and microfluidic devices will be developed, that are of direct relevance particularly to the industrial partners in the project but also to other user communities. An experimental setup and results from the characterization of the flow rate in a microfluidic device are also given in this work.

Keywords

Microfluidic device; Accuracy and traceability; New calibration guideline

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10.21014/tc9-2022.136

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