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LAB ON A CHIP
Volume 10, Issue 16, Pages 2170-2174Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c004246c
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- European Research Council [FP7/2007-2013, 227950]
- RCUK Microdroplets Basic Technology Project [EP/D048664/1]
- EPSRC [EP/D048664/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/D048664/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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A versatile approach for the rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices suitable for use with FT-IR spectroscopic imaging is introduced. Device manufacture is based on the direct printing of paraffin onto the surface of an infrared transparent substrate, followed by encapsulation. Key features of this approach are low running costs, rapid production times, simplicity of design modifications and suitability for integration with FT-IR spectroscopic measurements. In the current experiments, the minimum width of channel walls was found to be similar to 120 mu m and similar to 200 when a 25 mu m and 12 mu m spacer is used, respectively. Water and poly( ethylene glycol) are used as model fluids in a laminar flow regime, and are imaged in both transmission and attenuated total reflection (ATR) modes. It is established that adoption of transmission mode measurements yields superior sensitivity whilst the ATR mode is more suitable for quantitative analysis using strong spectral absorption bands. Results indicate that devices manufactured using this approach are suitable for use with in situ FT-IR spectroscopic imaging.
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