TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rabehi, Amine
A1  - Garlan, Benjamin
A1  - Achtsnicht, Stefan
A1  - Krause, Hans-Joachim
A1  - Offenhäusser, Andreas
A1  - Ngo, Kieu
A1  - Neveu, Sophie
A1  - Graff-Dubois, Stephanie
A1  - Kokabi, Hamid
T1  - Magnetic detection structure for Lab-on-Chip applications based on the frequency mixing technique
JF  - Sensors
N2  - A magnetic frequency mixing technique with a set of miniaturized planar coils was investigated for use with a completely integrated Lab-on-Chip (LoC) pathogen sensing system. The system allows the detection and quantification of superparamagnetic beads. Additionally, in terms of magnetic nanoparticle characterization ability, the system can be used for immunoassays using the beads as markers. Analytical calculations and simulations for both excitation and pick-up coils are presented; the goal was to investigate the miniaturization of simple and cost-effective planar spiral coils. Following these calculations, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) prototype was designed, manufactured, and tested for limit of detection, linear response, and validation of theoretical concepts. Using the magnetic frequency mixing technique, a limit of detection of 15 µg/mL of 20 nm core-sized nanoparticles was achieved without any shielding.
KW  - Lab-on-Chip
KW  - magnetic sensing
KW  - frequency mixing
KW  - superparamagnetic nanoparticles
KW  - magnetic beads
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18061747
SN  - 1424-8220
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Achtsnicht, Stefan
A1  - Neuendorf, Christian
A1  - Faßbender, Tobias
A1  - Nölke, Greta
A1  - Offenhäusser, Andreas
A1  - Krause, Hans-Joachim
A1  - Schröper, Florian
T1  - Sensitive and rapid detection of cholera toxin subunit B using magnetic frequency mixing detection
JF  - Plos One
N2  - Cholera is a life-threatening disease caused by the cholera toxin (CT) as produced by some Vibrio cholerae serogroups. In this research we present a method which directly detects the toxin’s B subunit (CTB) in drinking water. For this purpose we performed a magnetic sandwich immunoassay inside a 3D immunofiltration column. We used two different commercially available antibodies to capture CTB and for binding to superparamagnetic beads. ELISA experiments were performed to select the antibody combination. The beads act as labels for the magnetic frequency mixing detection technique. We show that the limit of detection depends on the type of magnetic beads. A nonlinear Hill curve was fitted to the calibration measurements by means of a custom-written python software. We achieved a sensitive and rapid detection of CTB within a broad concentration range from 0.2 ng/ml to more
than 700 ng/ml.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219356
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 14
IS  - 7
PB  - Plos
CY  - San Francisco
ER  -