Base body and method of manufacturing base body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9399789-B2
Application number	US-201313741825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2013
Priority date	Jul 16, 2010
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a substrate ( 10 A) for trapping a microorganism or cell (T), characterized by comprising a base ( 4 ) and having a space ( 2 ) into which a fluid (R) containing the microorganism or cell (T) is introduced and a microfine suction hole ( 1 ) through which the space ( 2 ) communicates with the outside of the base ( 4 ). The substrate is further characterized in that the space ( 2 ) has been formed in the base ( 4 ), and at least the portion of the base ( 4 ) which forms the microfine suction hole ( 1 ) is constituted of a single member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing the base body for trapping microorganisms or cells, comprising:
preparing a substrate formed of a single member;
irradiating, with a laser having a pulse duration on an order of picoseconds or less, areas in the substrate which become fine vacuum holes communicating with an outside of the substrate and forming modified regions in the areas;
forming at least one of a well and a fluidic channel as a space which communicates with the fine vacuum holes and which allows fluid including microorganisms or cells to flow in the substrate such that the space opens to a first face of the substrate that has an inner side surface along a thickness direction of the substrate; and
removing the modified regions from the substrate through etching thereby forming the fine vacuum holes such that a first end of each of the fine vacuum holes opens to the inner side surface and communicates with the space and such that a second end of each of the fine vacuum holes is exposed to a second face of the substrate and communicates with the outside of the substrate.

2. The method of manufacturing the base body according to claim 1 ,
wherein an irradiation intensity of the laser is lower than or equal to a lower limit value of a laser irradiation intensity at which a periodic structure is capable of being formed in the modified regions and is greater than or equal to a lower limit value of a laser irradiation intensity at which an etching resistance of the modified regions is capable of being decreased when the modified regions are formed.

3. The method of manufacturing the base body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the laser is condensed using a lens.

4. A method of manufacturing the base body for trapping microorganisms or cells, comprising:
preparing a substrate formed of a single member;
forming at least one of a well and a fluidic channel as a space which allows fluid including microorganisms or cells to flow in the substrate such that the space opens to a first face of the substrate that has an inner side surface along a thickness direction of the substrate;
irradiating, with a laser having a pulse duration on an order of picoseconds or less, areas in the substrate which become fine vacuum holes communicating with the space and an outside of the substrate and forming modified regions in the areas; and
removing the modified regions from the substrate through etching thereby forming the fine vacuum holes such that a first end of each of the fine vacuum holes opens to the inner side surface and communicates with the space and such that a second end of each of the fine vacuum holes is exposed to a second face of the substrate and communicates with the outside of the substrate.

5. A method of manufacturing the base body for forming a lipid membrane, comprising:
preparing a substrate formed of a single member;
irradiating, with a laser having a pulse duration on an order of picoseconds or less, areas in the substrate which become micropores communicating with an outside of the substrate and forming modified regions in the areas;
forming at least one of a well and a fluidic channel as a space which communicates with the micropores and which allows liquid including lipids to flow in the substrate such that the space opens to a first face of the substrate that has an inner side surface along a thickness direction of the substrate; and
removing the modified regions from the substrate through etching thereby forming the micropores such that a first end of each of the micropores opens to the inner side surface and communicates with the space and such that a second end of each of the micropores is exposed to a second face of the substrate and communicates with the outside of the substrate.

6. The method of manufacturing the base body according to claim 5 ,
wherein an irradiation intensity of the laser light is lower than or equal to a lower limit value of a laser irradiation intensity at which a periodic structure is capable of being formed in the modified regions and is greater than or equal to a lower limit value of a laser irradiation intensity at which an etching resistance of the modified regions is capable of being decreased when the modified regions are formed.

7. The method of manufacturing the base body according to claim 5 ,
wherein the laser is condensed using a lens.

8. A method of manufacturing the base body for forming a lipid membrane, comprising:
preparing a substrate formed of a single member
forming at least one of a well and a fluidic channel as a space which allows liquid including lipids to flow in the substrate such that the space opens to a first face of the substrate that has an inner side surface along a thickness direction of the substrate;
irradiating, with a laser having a pulse duration on an order of picoseconds or less, areas in the substrate which become micropores communicating with the space and an outside of the substrate and forming modified regions in the areas; and
removing the modified regions from the substrate through etching thereby forming the micropores such that a first end of each of the micropores opens to the inner side surface and communicates with the space and such that a second end of each of the micropores is exposed to a second face of the substrate and communicates with the outside of the substrate.

9. A method of manufacturing the base body, comprising:
preparing a substrate formed of a single member;
irradiating, with a laser having a pulse duration on an order of picoseconds or less, areas in the substrate which become micropores communicating with an outside of the substrate and forming modified regions in the areas;
forming at least one of a well and a fluidic channel as a space which communicates with the micropores and which allows fluid to flow in the substrate such that the space opens to a first face of the substrate that has an inner side surface along a thickness direction of the substrate; and
removing the modified regions from the substrate through etching thereby forming the micropores such that a first end of each of the micropores opens to the inner side surface and communicates with the space and such that a second end of each of the micropores is exposed to a second face of the substrate and communicates with the outside of the substrate.

10. The method of manufacturing the base body according to claim 9 ,
wherein an irradiation intensity of the laser light is lower than or equal to a lower limit value of a laser irradiation intensity at which a periodic structure is capable of being formed in the modified regions and is greater than or equal to a lower limit value of a laser irradiation intensity at which an etching resistance of the modified regions is capable of being decreased when the modified regions are formed.

11. The method of manufacturing the base body according to claim 9 ,
wherein the laser is condensed using a lens.

12. A method of manufacturing the base body, comprising:
preparing a substrate formed of a single member;
forming at least one of a well and a fluidic channel as a space which allows fluid to flow in the substrate such that the space opens to a first face of the substrate that has an inner side surface along a thickness direction of the substrate;
irradiating, with a laser having a pulse duration on an order of picoseconds or less, areas in the substrate which become micropores communicating with the space and an outside of the substrate and forming modified regions in the areas; and
removing the modified regions from the substrate through etching thereby forming the micropores such that a first end of each of the micropores opens to th

Assignees

• Fujikura Ltd
• Bio Electro-Mechanical Autonomous Nano Systems Laboratory Tech Res Ass
• Univ Tokyo

Inventors

• Nukaga Osamu
• Yamamoto Satoshi
• Tabata Kazuhito
• Sugiyama Masakazu
• Takeuchi Shoji

Classifications

• G01N33/48728 Primary

  Investigating individual cells, e.g. by patch clamp, voltage clamp (investigating individual particles in general G01N15/10) · CPC title

• C12Q1/24 Primary

  Methods of sampling, or inoculating or spreading a sample; Methods of physically isolating an intact microorganisms · CPC title

• B23K26/006

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B23K26/55

  for creating voids inside the workpiece, e.g. for forming flow passages or flow patterns · CPC title