TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dantism, Shahriar
A1  - Röhlen, Desiree
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Optimization of Cell-Based Multi-Chamber LAPS Measurements Utilizing FPGA-Controlled Laser-Diode Modules
JF  - physica status solidi a : applications and materials sciences
N2  - A light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is a field-effect-based potentiometric device, which detects concentration changes of an analyte solution on the sensor surface in a spatially resolved way. It uses a light source to generate electron–hole pairs inside the semiconductor, which are separated in the depletion region due to an applied bias voltage across the sensor structure and hence, a surface-potential-dependent photocurrent can be read out. However, depending on the beam angle of the light source, scattering effects can occur, which influence the recorded signal in LAPS-based differential measurements. To solve this problem, a novel illumination unit based on a field programmable gate array (FPGA) consisting of 16 small-sized tunable infrared laser-diode modules (LDMs) is developed. Due to the improved focus of the LDMs with a beam angle of only 2 mrad, undesirable scattering effects are minimized. Escherichia coli (E. coli) K12 bacteria are used as a test microorganism to study the extracellular acidification on the sensor surface. Furthermore, a salt bridge chamber is built up and integrated with the LAPS system enabling multi-chamber differential measurements with a single Ag/AgCl reference electrode.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201800058
SN  - 1862-6319
VL  - 215
IS  - 15
SP  - Article number 1800058
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Welden, Rene
A1  - Scheja, Sabrina
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
T1  - Electrochemical Evaluation of Light‐Addressable Electrodes Based on TiO2 for the Integration in Lab‐on‐Chip Systems
JF  - physica status solidi a : applications and materials sciences
N2  - In lab-on-chip systems, electrodes are important for the manipulation (e.g., cell stimulation, electrolysis) within such systems. An alternative to commonly used electrode structures can be a light-addressable electrode. Here, due to the photoelectric effect, the conducting area can be adjusted by modification of the illumination area which enables a flexible control of the electrode. In this work, titanium dioxide based light-addressable electrodes are fabricated by a sol–gel technique and a spin-coating process, to deposit a thin film on a fluorine-doped tin oxide glass. To characterize the fabricated electrodes, the thickness, and morphological structure are measured by a profilometer and a scanning electron microscope. For the electrochemical behavior, the dark current and the photocurrent are determined for various film thicknesses. For the spatial resolution behavior, the dependency of the photocurrent while changing the area of the illuminated area is studied. Furthermore, the addressing of single fluid compartments in a three-chamber system, which is added to the electrode, is demonstrated.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201800150
SN  - 1862-6319
VL  - 215
IS  - 15
SP  - Article number 1800150
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -