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Design and preparation of centrifugal microfluidic chip integrated with SERS detection for rapid diagnostics
摘要： A microfluidic SERS chip integrated with blood separation and in-situ detection was designed and fabricated for the rapid detection of clinical blood samples. Each functional unit in the microfluidic SERS chip consist of separation-decantation cavity based on centrifugal separation principle, mixing channels and SERS detection chamber built with integrated nano-Au on Ag film microstructure. The serum creatinine was selected as a typical sample to demonstrate the capability of microfluidic SERS chip. It was found that the creatinine SERS characteristic peaks at 678 cm-1 can be effectively identified and the detection limit could be as low as 4.42 × 10-3 μmol mL-1 in water. The blood samples were also tested in microfluidic SERS chip. The whole separation and test process could be completed within 2 min, which is a significant improvement in the field of creatinine detection. The whole blood of six cases clinical blood samples were also tested, and the results were consistent with the enzymatic results. The developed microfluidic SERS chip has advantages including reduction of the required quantity of blood sample, reusable and easy to operate. It is expected to provide a new method for rapid diagnostics.
关键词： Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS),blood separation,centrifugal microfluidic chip,Ag film@nano-Au substrate,rapid diagnostics
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Cuvette-based microfluidic device integrated with nanostructures for measuring dual Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) signals
摘要： A spectrophotometer that uses a localized surface plasmon resonance phenomenon is a powerful measurement tool in the biotechnology and bioanalysis fields. We propose a novel cuvette design type that can be used for universal spectrophotometers. The novel cuvette design needs a few μl reagent for measuring, and also two chips for measurement can be loaded and measured at the same time. A new cuvette can easily be used several times because of sample chips to be loaded and unloaded since they are mechanically mounted by screws. Therefore, it can offer advantages to users in terms of cost and time. We verify its possibility for use in the biotechnology and bioanalysis fields by a signal enhancement and dual signal detection.
关键词： spectrophotometer,bioanalysis,nanostructures,microfluidic device,biotechnology,Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance,LSPR
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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[American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 2017 Spokane, Washington July 16 - July 19, 2017 - ()] 2017 Spokane, Washington July 16 - July 19, 2017 - <i>Rapid and reliable norovirus assay at pg/mL level using smartphone-based fluorescence microscope and a microfluidic paper analytic device</i>
摘要： Detection of norovirus from water samples typically requires extremely low limit of detection (LOD), preferably at single virus particle level, since they can be pathogenic at extremely low concentrations. Complicated equipment and/or lengthy procedures are necessary to concentrate large volume of water sample. In addition, this low LOD requirement have traditionally been associated non-reproducible and less convincing assay results. In this work, rapid and reliable detection of norovirus contamination in water samples was demonstrated using an in-house developed smartphone-based fluorescence microscope and a paper microfluidic analytic device (μPAD). Norovirus was concentrated directly on the μPAD, which was fabricated with polarity filter, to further decrease the LOD. Antibody-conjugated submicron (0.5 μm diameter) fluorescent particles were added to this μPAD, and a smartphone based fluorescence microscope imaged these beads directly from the μPAD. Since the spatial resolution of our smartphone-based fluorescence microscope is > 1 μm, only the beads immunoaggltuinated by norovirus can be identified, providing reliable, reproducible, and visually convincing assay results. Using this novel this method, extremely low LOD was demonstrated, 0.01 pg/mL with a benchtop fluorescence microscope and 10 pg/mL to 100 pg/mL with a smartphone based fluorescence microscope. This novel assay can provide a fully unmanned platform for assaying various waterborne pathogens that require extremely low LOD as well as high reliability, while providing low-cost, ease-of-use, and user friendliness appropriate for field applications.
关键词： μPAD,fluorescence microscope,waterborne pathogen,immunoagglutination,microfluidic device
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Microfluidic shear rheology and wall-slip of viscoelastic fluids using holography-based flow kinematics
摘要： In this study, we report microfluidic shear rheology and wall-slip using the 3D-resolved flow kinematics obtained from digital holography microscopy (DHM). We computationally reconstruct the recorded holograms to visualize the tracer imbued flow volume in linear microchannels, followed by the implementation of particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) to quantitate spatially resolved velocity fields in 3D. In order to select optimal parameters for DHM-PTV characterization of viscoelastic fluids, we studied the effect of the hologram recording distance, seeding density, and particle size. Using the optimal parameters, we show quantitative characterization of the shear rheology from the velocity fields without any a priori assumptions of wall boundary conditions or constitutive equation. The viscosity vs shear rate data for Newtonian and polyethylene oxide (PEO) solutions could be measured in the range of ≈0.05 to 20 000 s?1 with just three input pressures using sample volumes as low as 20 μl. These data from holographic shear rheometry were found to be in good agreement with computational fluid dynamics simulations and macrorheometry. With respect to the wall-slip, we find that highly viscoelastic PEO solutions can show slip lengths in the order of few microns. Finally, we discuss holographic visualization of particle migration in microfluidic flows, which can limit flow field access, whereas at the same time provide a fingerprint of the suspending fluid rheology.
关键词： viscoelastic fluids,particle tracking velocimetry,wall-slip,digital holography microscopy,microfluidic shear rheology
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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A Microfluidic Biosensor Based on Magnetic Nanoparticle Separation, Quantum Dots Labeling and MnO2 Nanoflower Amplification for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Salmonella Typhimurium
摘要： Screening of foodborne pathogens is an effective way to prevent microbial food poisoning. A microfluidic biosensor was developed for rapid and sensitive detection of Salmonella Typhimurium using quantum dots (QDs) as fluorescent probes for sensor readout and manganese dioxide nanoflowers (MnO2 NFs) and as QDs nanocarriers for signal amplification. Prior to testing, amino‐modified MnO2 nanoflowers (MnO2‐NH2 NFs) were conjugated with carboxyl‐modified QDs through EDC/NHSS method to form MnO2‐QD NFs, and MnO2‐QD NFs were functionalized with polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) to form MnO2‐QD‐pAb NFs. First, the mixture of target Salmonella Typhimurium cells and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) modified with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) was injected with MnO2‐QD‐pAb NFs into a microfluidic chip to form MNP‐bacteria‐QD‐MnO2 complexes. Then, glutathione (GSH) was injected to dissolve MnO2 on the complexes into Mn2+, resulting in the release of QDs. Finally, fluorescent intensity of the released QDs was measured using the fluorescent detector to determine the amount of Salmonella. A linear relationship between fluorescent intensity and bacterial concentration from 1.0 × 102 to 1.0 × 107 CFU/mL was found with a low detection limit of 43 CFU/mL and mean recovery of 99.7% for Salmonella in spiked chicken meats, indicating the feasibility of this biosensor for practical applications.
关键词： quantum dots,manganese dioxide nanoflowers,Salmonella Typhimurium,Microfluidic biosensor,magnetic nanoparticles
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Magnetothermal Microfluidic-Directed Synthesis of Quantum Dots
摘要： A powerful magnetothermal microfluidic technique is demonstrated to fast and continuously prepare quantum dots with good optical performance useful for color conversion materials in wide-color-gamut backlight display.
关键词： color conversion materials,backlight display,magnetothermal microfluidic technique,quantum dots
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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A paper-based colorimetric microfluidic sensor fabricated by a novel spray painting prototyping process for iron analysis
摘要： A novel, simple and low-cost spray painting technique has been developed for the fabrication of microfluidic paper-based devices. The devices that we developed utilize aerosol spray paint to build hydrophobic barriers and employ a hole puncher to obtain paper-based patterned layers and paper dots without using any specialized instruments (e.g., without a laser cutter). The entire manufacturing process is extremely simple, inexpensive and rapid, which can be applied broadly. Furthermore, the application of the device to iron detection was demonstrated. A linear relationship between the color value and the iron concentration was observed from 0 to 0.02 g/L. The developed microfluidic paper-based device for iron detection exhibited a low detection limit (0.00090 g/L), good selectivity and acceptable recovery.
关键词： Spray painting,Colorimetry,Microfluidic paper-based device,Iron
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Machine learning algorithms enhance the specificity of cancer biomarker detection using SERS-based immunoassays in microfluidic chips
摘要： Specificity is a challenge in liquid biopsy and early diagnosis of various diseases. There are only a few biomarkers that have been approved for use in cancer diagnostics; however, these biomarkers suffer from a lack of high specificity. Moreover, determining the exact type of disorder for patients with positive liquid biopsy tests is difficult, especially when the aberrant expression of one single biomarker can be found in various other disorders. In this study, a SERS-based protein biomarker detection platform in a microfluidic chip and two machine learning algorithms (K-nearest neighbor and classification tree) are used to improve the reproducibility and specificity of the SERS-based liquid biopsy assay. Applying machine learning algorithms to the analysis of the expression level data of 5 protein biomarkers (CA19-9, HE4, MUC4, MMP7, and mesothelin) in pancreatic cancer patients, ovarian cancer patients, pancreatitis patients, and healthy individuals improves the chance of recognition for one specific disorder among the aforementioned diseases with overlapping protein biomarker changes. Our results demonstrate a convenient but highly specific approach for cancer diagnostics using serum samples.
关键词： cancer biomarkers,SERS,specificity,machine learning,microfluidic
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Smartphone-based analytical biosensors
摘要： The traditional analytical biosensor instruments are relatively bulky, expensive, and not easy to handle, thus their applications are largely limited in resource-limited settings. The recent development of microfluidic lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology has provided a possible solution to miniaturize the conventional biosensing system, yet other accessory devices to detect, readout, analyze, transfer, and display results are still required. With the rapid development, mass production, and pervasive distribution of smartphones in recent years, they have provided people with portable, cost-effective, and easy-to-operate platforms to build analytical biosensors for point-of-care (POC) applications and mobile health. Based on the common analytical methods, this paper reviews the recent development of four types of smartphone-based analytical biosensory systems at the POC, i.e., smartphone-based microscopic imaging, colorimetric, electrochemical, and electrochemiluminescence biosensor. The different bio-sensing strategies and analytical performance together with future perspectives are discussed.
关键词： point-of-care,smartphone-based biosensors,analytical methods,mobile health,microfluidic
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Optofluidic real-time cell sorter for longitudinal CTC studies in mouse models of cancer
摘要： Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) play a fundamental role in cancer progression. However, limited blood volume and the rarity of CTCs in the bloodstream preclude longitudinal, in-depth studies of these cells using existing liquid biopsy techniques. Here, we present an optofluidic system that continuously collects fluorescently labeled CTCs from a genetically engineered mouse model (GEMM) for several hours per day over multiple days or weeks. The system is based on a microfluidic cell sorting chip connected serially to an unanesthetized mouse via an implanted arteriovenous shunt. Pneumatically controlled microfluidic valves capture CTCs as they flow through the device, and CTC-depleted blood is returned back to the mouse via the shunt. To demonstrate the utility of our system, we profile CTCs isolated longitudinally from animals over 4 days of treatment with the BET inhibitor JQ1 using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) and show that our approach eliminates potential biases driven by intermouse heterogeneity that can occur when CTCs are collected across different mice. The CTC isolation and sorting technology presented here provides a research tool to help reveal details of how CTCs evolve over time, allowing studies to credential changes in CTCs as biomarkers of drug response and facilitating future studies to understand the role of CTCs in metastasis.
关键词： single-cell RNA-Seq,metastasis,circulating tumor cells,GEMM,microfluidic
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36