NextGenMicrofluidics combines the competencies of 21 companies and research organizations along the entire value chain in the development of microfluidic lab-on-a-foil systems and offers services for the development and production of these systems for companies – from start-ups to large-scale industry. This H2020 project tested the collaboration across 5 demo cases.
In the NextGen Microfluidics project, partners collaborated on a high-volume production of a sensor chip for a molecular recognition platform.
The platform uses a capillary-filled polymer foil chip equipped with chemo-luminescent sensor arrays. Foil-based microfluidic chips for in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) were upscaled to TRL7 for the first time. A full roll-to-roll based process flow, including the process steps imprinting, biomolecule printing, inlet cutting and lamination was set up. The platform can be used in medical diagnostics and was tested using SARS-CoV-2 as a use case.
Join speakers Christian Wolf of JOANNEUM RESEARCH and Max Sonnleitner of GENSPEED Biotech to learn more about these technologies and get your questions answered in our Q&A.
Beyond the project, the Microfluidics Innovation Hub (MIH) offers customers a single entry point to a wide range of existing cutting edge microfluidic technologies from Europe’s top research centres and companies, covering the entire value chain to accelerate the demonstration of exciting new scientific breakthroughs towards a working prototype, and beyond into mass manufacturing.
