Simultaneous high speed optical and impedance analysis of single particles with a microfluidic cytometer
We describe a microfluidic cytometer that performs simultaneous optical and electrical characterisation of particles. The microfluidic chip measures side scattered light, signal extinction and fluorescence using integrated optical fibres coupled to photomultiplier tubes. The channel is 80 μm high an...
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Published in | Lab on a chip Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 118 - 126 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
07.01.2012
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Summary: | We describe a microfluidic cytometer that performs simultaneous optical and electrical characterisation of particles. The microfluidic chip measures side scattered light, signal extinction and fluorescence using integrated optical fibres coupled to photomultiplier tubes. The channel is 80 μm high and 200 μm wide, and made from SU-8 patterned and sandwiched between glass substrates. Particles were focused into the analysis region using 1-D hydrodynamic focusing and typical particle velocities were 0.1 ms
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. Excitation light is coupled into the detection channel with an optical fibre and focused into the channel using an integrated compound air lens. The electrical impedance of particles is measured at 1 MHz using micro-electrodes fabricated on the channel top and bottom. This data is used to accurately size the particles. The system is characterised using a range of different sized polystyrene beads (fluorescent and non-fluorescent). Single and mixed populations of beads were measured and the data compared with a conventional flow cytometer.
We demonstrate a microfluidic cytometer which can simultaneously measure the electrical and optical properties of single particles. |
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ISSN: | 1473-0197 1473-0189 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c1lc20785g |