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  -