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| | Binding: | Digital | | Publisher: | Elsevier | | Page Count: | 7 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 19, 2007 |
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This digital document is a journal article from Analytica Chimica Acta, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: Latex immunoagglutination assay in a microfluidic device is expected to be even easier than its large-sized, commercialized counterpart. However, such demonstration has had a limited success due to the difficulties in mixing in a microfluidic device, especially for the microparticles used in latex immunoagglutination assay. The primary goal of this work is to improve diffusional mixing towards the successful latex immunoagglutination in a microfluidic devices without any non-specific binding. To this end, SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate, an ionic surfactant) or Tween 80 (polyethylene sorbitol ester, a non-ionic surfactant) was added to the antibody-conjugated polystyrene (PS) microparticle suspension. These surfactant-added particle suspensions were mixed with the target antigen solution at the Y-junction of a microfluidic device. The immunoagglutination and the diffusion behavior were visually identified with an inverted light microscope. Both surfactants showed some problems such as non-specific binding (with SDS) or very poor diffusion (with Tween 80). As an alternative approach, therefore, highly carboxylated PS microparticles, where the surface is saturated with carboxyl-terminated side chains, were evaluated without using any surfactants. These particles showed very low non-specific binding comparable to that with Tween 80 and good diffusional mixing equivalent to that with SDS. |
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