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Extruded microfluidic immunoassays
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posted on 2015-08-04, 11:31 authored by A.I. Ferreira, Ana P. Castanheira, R.G. Chahin, Malcolm R. Mackley, Alexander D. Edwards, Nuno ReisThis paper reports the miniaturisation of sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) using a meltextruded fluoropolymer MicroCapillary Film (MCF). A prototype 8-channel*10-microcapillaries device was used for quantitative detection a range of human biomarkers in 30 mm long fluoropolymer MCF strips. This represents a novel combination of ultra-low cost plastic microfluidic strips, low-cost optical detection, short incubation times, pre-loaded reagents and sequential fluid aspiration based on disposable plastic syringes. The observed limit of detection (LOD) was ∼lng/ml for PSA, and 10-60pg/ml for IL-lbeta, IL-6 and IL-12 inflammatory cytokines, typically with CVs ≤ 10% which is comparable with performance of optimised colorimetric microwell-based ELISA.
Funding
The authors are gratefully to BBSRC, Melina Gates Foundation and Erasmus program for financial support. We are also grateful to Patrick Hester from Lamina Dieletrics Ltd for supplying the fluoropolymer MCF to specifications.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering
Published in
17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013Volume
2Pages
982 - 984Citation
FERREIRA, A.I. ... et al, 2013. Extruded microfluidic immunoassays. IN: Zengerle, R. (ed.). The 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013, Freiburg, Black Forest, Germany, 27-31 October 2013, pp.982-984.Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (© Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2013Notes
This is the accepted manuscript version. The definitive published version is available at: www.rsc.org/images/loc/2013/PDFs/Papers/329_0299.pdfISBN
9780979806469ISSN
1556-5904Language
- en