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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Biotechnol. 2017 Feb 3;35(5):383–392. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.01.001

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Rapid prototyping using soft lithography vs. laser cutting. (Left) The multi-step process of soft lithography, wherein first a ‘master mold’ is developed followed by curing a pre-polymer substrate above, peeling off, bonding to a substrate, and punching access holes. (Right) The more straightforward process of laser-cutting all device parts followed by lamination or thermal bonding to assemble a device.