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[IEEE 2018 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) - Bucharest (2018.7.1-2018.7.5)] 2018 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) - Three-Dimensional Photonic Structures Fabricated by Two-Photon Polymerization for Microfluidics and Microneedles
摘要： Polymer micro- and nanostructures with various geometries, such as lines, gratings, woodpiles or dots, can be written onto a transparent substrate by the technique of two-photon polymerization, i.e. focusing a femtosecond laser into a liquid acrylate based resin containing a photo-initiator. The microstructures can be also employed to mimic features found in nature for controlled wetting or liquid transport. Similar structures can be implemented into channels of microfluidic devices to control the transport of fluids herein. In preliminary experiments, we were able to produce microneedles ornamented with microstructures which would facilitate the transport of an aqueous liquid to the needle tip.
关键词： two-photon polymerization,directed fluid transport,microneedles,microfluidics,photonic structures
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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High-resolution cost-effective compact portable inverted light microscope
摘要： Commercial high-resolution optical microscopes are essential for microscopy imaging; however, they are expensive and bulky, which limits their use in point-of-care devices, resource-limited areas, and real-time imaging of a sample in a large apparatus. In this study, we report a novel compact (10 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm, without the light source) lightweight (≤0.5 kg) submicron-resolution inverted optical microscope at low cost (≤$ 300). Our technique utilises the proximity of the image sensor to a commercial microscope objective lens for compactness of the microscope. The use of an image sensor with a small pixel size helps to reduce the information loss, which provides high-resolution images. Moreover, our technique offers a freedom to tailor the design of microscope according to the required resolution, cost, and portability for specific applications, which makes it a suitable candidate for affordable point-of-care devices. Images of several micron-to-submicron scale patterns and spherical beads are acquired to observe the resolution and quality of the images obtained using our microscope. In addition, we demonstrate the applications of our microscope in various fields such as recording of high-speed water micro-droplet formation inside a microfluidic device, high-resolution live cell imaging inside an incubator, and real-time imaging of crack propagation in a sample under stretching by a material testing system (MTS). Therefore, this portable and inexpensive microscope provides the essential functionalities of a bulky expensive high-performance microscope at a lower cost.
关键词： portable inverted microscope,microfluidics,discrete wavelet transform,submicron-scale imaging,industrial microscope,Cell imaging
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Silica bead-based microfluidic device with integrated photodiodes for the rapid capture and detection of rolling circle amplification products in the femtomolar range
摘要： The rapid and sensitive detection of specific nucleic acid sequences at the point-of-care (PoC) is becoming increasingly in demand for a variety of emergent biomedical applications ranging from infectious disease diagnostics to the screening of antimicrobial resistance. To meet such demand, considerable efforts have been invested towards the development of portable and integrated analytical devices combining microfluidics with miniaturized signal transducers. Here, we demonstrate the combination of rolling circle amplification (RCA)-based nucleic acid amplification with an on-chip size-selective trapping of amplicons on silica beads (~8 nL capture chamber) coupled with a thin-film photodiode (200 × 200 μm area) fluorescence readout. Parameters such as the flow rate of the amplicon solution and trapping time were optimized as well as the photodiode measurement settings, providing minimum detection limits below 0.5 fM of targeted nucleic acids and requiring only 5 μL of pre-amplified sample. Finally, we evaluated the analytical performance of our approach by benchmarking it against a commercial instrument for RCA product (RCP) quantification and further investigated the effect of the number of RCA cycles and elongation times (ranging from 10 to 120 minutes). Moreover, we provide a demonstration of the application for diagnostic purposes by detecting RNA from influenza and Ebola viruses, thus highlighting its suitability for integrated PoC systems.
关键词： Microfluidics,Infectious disease diagnostics,Silica microbeads,Photodiodes,Rolling circle amplification
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Cs Oleate Precursor Preparation for Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Synthesis: The Influence of Excess Oleic Acid on Achieving Solubility, Conversion, and Reproducibility.
摘要： In the colloidal synthesis of inorganic perovskite materials, cesium oleate (CsOL) is the most commonly used Cs precursor. Yet despite its ubiquitous use in literature, CsOL has been observed to be insoluble at room temperature and leads to surprisingly inconsistent results in CsPbX3 nanocrystal synthesis depending on the Cs salt from which the precursor is derived. We show that under the conditions used in most reports, the amount of oleic acid (OA) added, while stoichiometrically sufficient, still leads to incomplete conversion of the Cs salts to CsOL. This results in a mixture of Cs sources being present during the reaction, causing decreased homogeneity and reproducibility. When a 1:5 Cs:OA ratio is used, complete conversion is readily obtained even under mild conditions, resulting in a precursor solution that is soluble at room temperature and yields identical synthetic results regardless of the initial Cs source. Further, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of solutions prepared using varying Cs:OA ratios shows that the maximum ratio of Cs:OA obtainable in solution is 1:5, with any excess Cs present in the precipitate. We believe the use of a soluble, fully converted CsOL reagent will improve reproducibility for Cs-based perovskite synthesis and directly benefit synthetic methods based on microfluidics.
关键词： reproducibility,inorganic perovskite materials,microfluidics,CsPbX3 nanocrystal synthesis,colloidal synthesis,oleic acid,solubility,cesium oleate
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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In-line whole blood fractionation for Raman analysis of blood plasma
摘要： Blood plasma evaluation has high significance in clinical diagnostics. Current schemes involve the preparation of blood plasma by centrifugation of whole blood followed by electrochemical or spectroscopic analysis. However, centrifugation is often too time-consuming for application in clinical emergency and point-of-care settings. We propose to combine microfluidic, instantaneous plasma fractionation with localized spectroscopic methods for in-line analysis. As an example, we present confocal Raman spectroscopy in fractionated plasma domains at two different Raman excitation wavelengths. Resonance Raman spectroscopy with laser excitation at 408 nm allows the specific detection of free hemoglobin in blood plasma at concentrations above 22 mg dl?1 (level of detection). Consequently, we are able to accurately resolve the range of clinical relevance regarding hemolysis. At near-infrared excitation (785 nm) we furthermore demonstrate the acquisition of characteristic Raman spectra of fractionated blood plasma in the microfluidic setting. These spectra can serve as starting point for a multi-parameter regression analysis to quantify a set of blood plasma parameters from a single Raman spectrum. The combined microfluidics and Raman spectroscopy method is non-destructive and has a whole blood consumption of less than 100 μl per hour. It thus allows for continuous in-line blood plasma monitoring.
关键词： microfluidics,hemoglobin,Raman spectroscopy,blood plasma,clinical diagnostics
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Cardiomyocyte-Driven Structural Color Actuation in Anisotropic Inverse Opals
摘要： Biohybrid actuators composed of living tissues and artificial materials have attracted increasing interest in recent years because of their extraordinary function of dynamically sensing and interacting with complex bioelectrical signals. Here, a compound biohybrid actuator with self-driven actuation and self-reported feedback is designed based on an anisotropic inverse opal substrate with periodical elliptical macropores and a hydrogel filling. The benefit of the anisotropic surface topography and high biocompatibility of the hydrogel is that the planted cardiomyocytes could be induced into a highly ordered alignment with recovering autonomic beating ability on the elastic substrate. Because of the cell elongation and contraction during cardiomyocyte beating, the anisotropic inverse opal substrates undergo a synchronous cycle of deformation actuations, which can be reported as corresponding shifts of their photonic band gaps and structural colors. These self-driven biohybrid actuators could be used as elements for the construction of soft-bodied structural color robot, such as a biomimetic guppy with a swinging tail. Besides, with the integration of a self-driven biohybrid actuator and microfluidics, the advanced heart-on-a-chip system with the feature of microphysiological visuality has been developed for integrated cell monitoring and drug testing. This anisotropic inverse opal-derived biohybrid actuator could be widely applied in biomedical engineering.
关键词： cardiomyocyte,microfluidics,inverse opal,heart on a chip,structural color,actuator
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14