Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Mecànica, Fluids i Aeronàutica
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. MICROTECH LAB - Microtechnology for the Industry
2020
A standardized and cost-effective perspiration phantom for in vitro testing is needed to replace the variable and resource consuming human tests at research level. Here, an alternative to the existing devices, which mainly are made of laser-perforated thin membranes, is presented using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and soft lithography. The proposed method overcomes the fabrication challenges of replicating the eccrine sweat gland structure. Sweat glands conduits are faithfully defined in-plane and the skin interface is created by bonding multiple PDMS layers. Parameters such as sweat duct diameter, sweat gland density and wettability properties were successfully replicated
Postprint (published version)
Conference lecture
English
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Mecànica de fluids; Skin; Perspiration; Sweat glands; Microfluidics; Skin phantom; Perspiration; Sweat; Artificial skin; In vitro testing; Wearables; Pell; Perspiració; Glàndules sudorípares; Microfluídica
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