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To test the feasibility of this method, a flow focusing droplet generator with flow-focusing and channel widths of 50 \u00b5m and 100 \u00b5m, respectively, was successfully fabricated in a soda-lime glass substrate. Deviation between the geometries of the initial shape and the vitreous carbon mold occurred because of shrinkage during the carbonization process, however this effect could be predicted and compensated for. 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