TY  - JOUR
A1  - Breuer, Lars
A1  - Raue, Markus
A1  - Kirschbaum, M.
A1  - Mang, Thomas
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Thoelen, R.
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
T1  - Light-controllable polymeric material based on temperature-sensitive hydrogels with incorporated graphene oxide
JF  - Physica status solidi (a)
N2  - Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogel films with incorporated graphene oxide (GO) were developed and tested as light-stimulated actuators. GO dispersions were synthesized via Hummers method and characterized toward their optical properties and photothermal energy conversion. The hydrogels were prepared by means of photopolymerization. In addition, the influence of GO within the hydrogel network on the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The optical absorbance and the response to illumination were determined as a function of GO concentration for thin hydrogel films. A proof of principle for the stimulation with light was performed.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201431944
SN  - 1862-6319
VL  - 212
IS  - 6
SP  - 1368
EP  - 1374
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Light-addressable potentiometric sensors for quantitative spatial imaging of chemical species
JF  - Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
N2  - A light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is a semiconductor-based chemical sensor, in which a measurement site on the sensing surface is defined by illumination. This light addressability can be applied to visualize the spatial distribution of pH or the concentration of a specific chemical species, with potential applications in the fields of chemistry, materials science, biology, and medicine. In this review, the features of this chemical imaging sensor technology are compared with those of other technologies. Instrumentation, principles of operation, and various measurement modes of chemical imaging sensor systems are described. The review discusses and summarizes state-of-the-art technologies, especially with regard to the spatial resolution and measurement speed; for example, a high spatial resolution in a submicron range and a readout speed in the range of several tens of thousands of pixels per second have been achieved with the LAPS. The possibility of combining this technology with microfluidic devices and other potential future developments are discussed.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-061516-045158
SN  - 1936-1327
VL  - 10
SP  - 225
EP  - 246
PB  - Annual Reviews
CY  - Palo Alto, Calif.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Shigiahara, N.
A1  - Miyamoto, K.
A1  - Suzurikawa, J.
A1  - Finger, F.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, T.
T1  - Light-addressable Potentiometric Sensors and Light–addressable Electrodes as a Combined Sensor-and-manipulator Microsystem with High Flexibility
JF  - Procedia Engineering
N2  - This work describes the novel combination of the light-addressable electrode (LAE) and the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) into a microsystem set-up. Both the LAE as well as the LAPS shares the principle of addressing the active spot by means of a light beam. This enables both systems to manipulate resp. to detect an analyte with a high spatial resolution. Hence, combining both principles into a single set-up enables the active stimulation e.g., by means of electrolysis and a simultaneous observation e.g., the response of an entrapped biological cell by detection of extracellular pH changes. The work will describe the principles of both technologies and the necessary steps to integrate them into a single set-up. Furthermore, examples of application and operation of such systems will be presented.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.290
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - Part of special issue "26th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers, EUROSENSOR 2012"
IS  - 47
SP  - 890
EP  - 893
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS): recent trends and applications
JF  - Electrochemical sensor analysis / edited by S. Alegret ...
Y1  - 2007
SN  - 978-0-444-53053-0
N1  - Wilson & Wilson's comprehensive analytical chemistry ; 49
SP  - 87
EP  - 128
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-Ichiro
A1  - Sato, Takuya
A1  - Abe, Minami
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - Light-addressable potentiometric sensor as a sensing element in plug-based microfluidic devices
JF  - Micromachines
N2  - A plug-based microfluidic system based on the principle of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is proposed. The LAPS is a semiconductor-based chemical sensor, which has a free addressability of the measurement point on the sensing surface. By combining a microfluidic device and LAPS, ion sensing can be performed anywhere inside the microfluidic channel. In this study, the sample solution to be measured was introduced into the channel in a form of a plug with a volume in the range of microliters. Taking advantage of the light-addressability, the position of the plug could be monitored and pneumatically controlled. With the developed system, the pH value of a plug with a volume down to 400 nL could be measured. As an example of plug-based operation, two plugs were merged in the channel, and the pH change was detected by differential measurement.
KW  - light-addressable potentiometric sensor
KW  - plug-based microfluidic device
KW  - chemical sensor
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi7070111
SN  - 2072-666X
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Micro/Nano Devices for Chemical Analysis"
VL  - 7
IS  - 7
SP  - 111
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dantism, S.
A1  - Takenaga, S.
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Light-addressable Potentiometric Sensor (LAPS) Combined with Multi-chamber Structures to Investigate the Metabolic Activity of Cells
JF  - Procedia Engineering
N2  - LAPS are field-effect-based potentiometric sensors which are able to monitor analyte concentrations in a spatially resolved manner. Hence, a LAPS sensor system is a powerful device to record chemical imaging of the concentration of chemical species in an aqueous solution, chemical reactions, or the growth of cell colonies on the sensor surface, to record chemical images. In this work, multi-chamber 3D-printed structures made out of polymer (PP-ABS) were combined with LAPS chips to analyse differentially and simultaneously the metabolic activity of Escherichia coli K12 and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, and the responds of those cells to the addition of glucose solution.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.647
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - Part of special issue "Eurosensors 2015"
VL  - 120
SP  - 384
EP  - 387
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Vornholt, Wolfgang
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-Ichiro
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) combined with magnetic beads for pharmaceutical screening
JF  - Physics in medicine
N2  - The light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) has the unique feature to address different regions of a sensor surface without the need of complex structures. Measurements at different locations on the sensor surface can be performed in a common analyte solution, which distinctly simplifies the fluidic set-up. However, the measurement in a single analyte chamber prevents the application of different drugs or different concentrations of a drug to each measurement spot at the same time as in the case of multi-reservoir-based set-ups. In this work, the authors designed a LAPS-based set-up for cell culture screening that utilises magnetic beads loaded with the endotoxin (lipopolysaccharides, LPS), to generate a spatially distributed gradient of analyte concentration. Different external magnetic fields can be adjusted to move the magnetic beads loaded with a specific drug within the measurement cell. By recording the metabolic activities of a cell layer cultured on top of the LAPS surface, this work shows the possibility to apply different concentrations of a sample along the LAPS measurement spots within a common analyte solution.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phmed.2016.03.001
SN  - 2352-4510
VL  - 2016
IS  - 1
SP  - 2
EP  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Welden, Rene
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Patrick H.
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
T1  - Light-Addressable Electrodes for Dynamic and Flexible Addressing of Biological Systems and Electrochemical Reactions
JF  - Sensors
N2  - In this review article, we are going to present an overview on possible applications of light-addressable electrodes (LAE) as actuator/manipulation devices besides classical electrode structures. For LAEs, the electrode material consists of a semiconductor. Illumination with a light source with the appropiate wavelength leads to the generation of electron-hole pairs which can be utilized for further photoelectrochemical reaction. Due to recent progress in light-projection technologies, highly dynamic and flexible illumination patterns can be generated, opening new possibilities for light-addressable electrodes. A short introduction on semiconductor–electrolyte interfaces with light stimulation is given together with electrode-design approaches. Towards applications, the stimulation of cells with different electrode materials and fabrication designs is explained, followed by analyte-manipulation strategies and spatially resolved photoelectrochemical deposition of different material types.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20061680
SN  - 1424-8220
VL  - 20
IS  - 6
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Welden, Rene
A1  - Jablonski, Melanie
A1  - Wege, Christina
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Wagner, Patrick Hermann
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Light-Addressable Actuator-Sensor Platform for Monitoring and Manipulation of pH Gradients in Microfluidics: A Case Study with the Enzyme Penicillinase
JF  - Biosensors
N2  - The feasibility of light-addressed detection and manipulation of pH gradients inside an electrochemical microfluidic cell was studied. Local pH changes, induced by a light-addressable electrode (LAE), were detected using a light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) with different measurement modes representing an actuator-sensor system. Biosensor functionality was examined depending on locally induced pH gradients with the help of the model enzyme penicillinase, which had been immobilized in the microfluidic channel. The surface morphology of the LAE and enzyme-functionalized LAPS was studied by scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the penicillin sensitivity of the LAPS inside the microfluidic channel was determined with regard to the analyte’s pH influence on the enzymatic reaction rate. In a final experiment, the LAE-controlled pH inhibition of the enzyme activity was monitored by the LAPS.
KW  - microfluidics
KW  - enzyme kinetics
KW  - actuator-sensor system
KW  - light-addressable electrode
KW  - light-addressable potentiometric sensor
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios11060171
SN  - 2079-6374
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors (IECB 2020)"
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - Lateral resolution enhancement of pulse-driven light-addressable potentiometric sensor
JF  - Sensor and Actuators B: Chemical
N2  - To study chemical and biological processes, spatially resolved determination of the concentrations of one or more analyte species is of distinct interest. With a light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS), chemical images can be created, which visualize the concentration distribution above the sensor plate. One important challenge is to achieve a good lateral resolution in order to detect events that take place in a small and limited region. LAPS utilizes a focused light spot to address the measurement region. By moving this light spot along the semiconductor sensor plate, the concentration distribution can be observed. In this study, we show that utilizing a pulse as light excitation instead of a traditionally used continuously modulated light excitation, the lateral resolution can be improved by a factor of 6 or more.
KW  - Chemical images
KW  - LAPS
KW  - Light-addressable potentiometric sensor
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.02.057
SN  - 0925-4005
VL  - 248
SP  - 961
EP  - 965
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -