Polymer Casting

The polymer casting suite has all of the tools needed for soft lithography, including mixing, curing, assembly, and surface activation of polymer devices. Combined with the ability to 3D print a mold, or fabricate a micromold in the adjacent Quantum Structures Facility, we can help you bring your microfluidic designs into reality.

 How-to Information

Steps to Access the Innovation Workshop

1. Initiate an Access Request (see inset).
2. Contact Innovation Workshop staff to get trained on the instrument. Completion of a new user orientation and safety briefing is required before obtaining card-key access to the CNSI Workshops. Tool-specific training is required for all tools and instruments in the lab
3. All users must complete UCSB Environmental Health and Safety’s Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety course. The course is offered in person at the beginning of each quarter, and is also available on-line.
4. Provide additional billing/access forms (to be requested from academic/industry users external to UCSB).
5. Apply to CNSI for electronic door access to the facility.
6. Innovation Workshop Staff will add you to the FBS reservation system

Complete instructions regarding access can be found here

Acknowledging Support

Please remember to acknowledge CNSI resources in scientific publications and presentations by including this statement:

“The authors acknowledge the use of the Innovation Workshop within the California NanoSystems Institute, supported by the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of California, Office of the President.”