Kilcawley, Niamh ORCID: 0000-0003-1968-2016, Kinahan, David J., Nwankire, Charles, Glynn, Macdara ORCID: 0000-0002-6347-4348 and Ducrée, Jens ORCID: 0000-0002-0366-1897 (2014) Buoyancy-driven centripetal pumping for nested sample preparation in bioassays. In: The 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2014), 26-30 Oct 2014, San Antonio, TX..
Abstract
In this paper we present a method of buoyancy-driven centripetal pumping utilizing a heavy, water-immiscible liquid to displace an aqueous sample radially inwards against the prevailing centrifugal force. Using formerly introduced dissolvable-film valving, we demonstrate metering and bidirectional periodical pumping of a single sample in the radial direction. We then show integrated sample discretisation, meter-ing and buoyancy-driven inward pumping in a microfluidic structure designed towards multi-parameter bioassays. This structure permits centrifugation of sample on the periphery of a disc (where the centrifugal field p) and proves a high degree of metering accuracy better than 1.2%
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Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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Event Type: | Conference |
Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Lab-on-a-Disc; Centripetal Pumping; Displacement; Metering |
Subjects: | Biological Sciences > Microfluidics |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Initiatives and Centres > Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 20284 |
Deposited On: | 03 Nov 2014 11:03 by David Kinahan . Last Modified 26 Oct 2018 10:16 |
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