Phaseguide assisted liquid lamination for magnetic particle-based assays

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2014-01-01
Phurimsak, Chayakom
Yıldırım, Ender
Tarn, Mark D.
Trietsch, Sebaastian J
Hankemeier, Thomas
Pamme, Nicole
Vulto, Paul
We have developed a magnetic particle-based assay platform in which functionalised magnetic particles are transferred sequentially through laminated volumes of reagents and washing buffers. Lamination of aqueous liquids is achieved via the use of phaseguide technology; microstructures that control the advancing air-liquid interface of solutions as they enter a microfluidic chamber. This allows manual filling of the device, eliminating the need for external pumping systems, and preparation of the system requires only a few minutes. Here, we apply the platform to two on-chip strategies: (i) a one-step streptavidin-biotin binding assay, and (ii) a two-step C-reactive protein immunoassay. With these, we demonstrate how condensing multiple reaction and washing processes into a single step significantly reduces procedural times, with both assay procedures requiring less than 8 seconds.
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C. Phurimsak et al., “Phaseguide assisted liquid lamination for magnetic particle-based assays,” LAB ON A CHIP, pp. 2334–2343, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37884.