3d-printed, sugar cube-size microplasma on a hybrid chip used as a spectral-lamp to characterize UV-Vis transmission characteristics of polycarbonate chips for microfluidic applications

摘要

A 3d-printed, solar-powered, battery-operated, atmospheric-pressure, self-igniting microplasma the size of a sugar-cube has been used as light source to document the Ultra Violet (UV) and visible transmission characteristics of different-thickness polycarbonate chips that are often used for microfluidic applications. The hybrid microplasma chip was fitted with a quartz plate because quartz is transparent to UV.