TY  - JOUR
A1  - Takenaga, Shoko
A1  - Schneider, Benno
A1  - Erbay, E.
A1  - Biselli, Manfred
A1  - Schnitzler, Thomas
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
T1  - Fabrication of biocompatible lab-on-chip devices for biomedical applications by means of a 3D-printing process
JF  - Physica status solidi (a)
N2  - A new microfluidic assembly method for semiconductor-based biosensors using 3D-printing technologies was proposed for a rapid and cost-efficient design of new sensor systems. The microfluidic unit is designed and printed by a 3D-printer in just a few hours and assembled on a light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) chip using a photo resin. The cell growth curves obtained from culturing cells within microfluidics-based LAPS systems were compared with cell growth curves in cell culture flasks to examine biocompatibility of the 3D-printed chips. Furthermore, an optimal cell culturing within microfluidics-based LAPS chips was achieved by adjusting the fetal calf serum concentrations of the cell culture medium, an important factor for the cell proliferation.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201532053
SN  - 1862-6319
VL  - 212
IS  - 6
SP  - 1347
EP  - 1352
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Özsoylu, Dua
A1  - Kizildag, Sefa
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
T1  - Effect of plasma treatment on the sensor properties of a light‐addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS)
JF  - physica status solidi a : applications and materials sciences
N2  - A light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is a field-effect-based (bio-) chemical sensor, in which a desired sensing area on the sensor surface can be defined by illumination. Light addressability can be used to visualize the concentration and spatial distribution of the target molecules, e.g., H+ ions. This unique feature has great potential for the label-free imaging of the metabolic activity of living organisms. The cultivation of those organisms needs specially tailored surface properties of the sensor. O2 plasma treatment is an attractive and promising tool for rapid surface engineering. However, the potential impacts of the technique are carefully investigated for the sensors that suffer from plasma-induced damage. Herein, a LAPS with a Ta2O5 pH-sensitive surface is successfully patterned by plasma treatment, and its effects are investigated by contact angle and scanning LAPS measurements. The plasma duration of 30 s (30 W) is found to be the threshold value, where excessive wettability begins. Furthermore, this treatment approach causes moderate plasma-induced damage, which can be reduced by thermal annealing (10 min at 300 °C). These findings provide a useful guideline to support future studies, where the LAPS surface is desired to be more hydrophilic by O2 plasma treatment.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201900259
SN  - 1862-6319
N1  - Corresponding author: Torsten Wagner
VL  - 216
IS  - 20
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -