Journal
MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 739-749Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0493-7
Keywords
Particle counting; Microfluidics; Resistive pulse senor; Nanopore; Light scattering; Light blocking; Capacitance; Fluorescence; Micro PIV
Funding
- Canada Research Chairs program
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- China 111 Project
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Microfluidic particle counters are important tools in biomedical diagnostic applications such as flow cytometry analysis. Major methods of counting particles in microfluidic devices are reviewed in this paper. The microfluidic resistive pulse sensor advances in sensitivity over the traditional Coulter counter by improving signal amplification and noise reduction techniques. Nanopore-based methods are used for single DNA molecule analysis and the capacitance counter is useful in liquids of low electrical conductivity and in sensing the changes of cell contents. Light-scattering and light-blocking counters are better for detecting larger particles or concentrated particles. Methods of using fluorescence detection have the capability for differentiating particles of similar sizes but different types that are labeled with different fluorescent dyes. The micro particle image velocimetry method has also been used for detecting and analyzing particles in a flow field. The general limitation of microfluidic particle counters is the low throughput which needs to be improved in the future. The integration of two or more existing microfluidic particle counting techniques is required for many practical on-chip applications.
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