Simultaneous sample washing and concentration using a "trapping-and-releasing" mechanism of magnetic beads on a microfluidic chip.
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Simultaneous sample washing and concentration using a "trapping-and-releasing" mechanism of magnetic beads on a microfluidic chip.

  • Ramadan Q Laboratory of Microsystems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. qasem.alramadan@epfl.ch
  • Gijs MA
  • 2011-01-29
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  • The Analyst. - 2011
English Simultaneous washing and concentration of functionalized magnetic beads in a complex sample solution were demonstrated by applying a rotational magnetic actuation system to a microfluidic chip under continuous flow conditions. The rotation of periodically arranged small permanent magnets close to the fluidic channel carrying a magnetic bead suspension allows trapping and releasing of the beads along the fluidic channel in a periodical manner. Each trapping and releasing event resembles one washing cycle. A purification efficiency of magnetic beads out of a mixed magnetic and non-magnetic bead sample solution of 83±4% at a flow rate of 0.5 µL min(-1), and a magnetic bead recovery or concentration efficiency of 91±5% were achieved using a flow rate of 0.2 µL min(-1). The detection performance of the device was experimentally evaluated with two different bioassays, using either streptavidin-coated magnetic beads in combination with biotinylated fluorescent isothiocyanate (FITC), or a mouse antigen (Ag)-antibody (Ab) system.
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