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LAB ON A CHIP
Volume 18, Issue 15, Pages 2178-2186Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8lc00530c
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- Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Human Signatures Branch [FA8650-14-D-6516]
- Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF) [NSF ECCS-1542205]
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center [DMR-1720139]
- State of Illinois
- JSPS KAKENHI [JP16K21604]
- Northwestern University
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The rich composition of solutes and metabolites in sweat and its relative ease of collection upon excretion from skin pores make this class of biofluid an attractive candidate for point of care analysis. Wearable technologies that combine electrochemical sensors with conventional or emerging semiconductor device technologies offer valuable capabilities in sweat sensing, but they are limited to assays that support amperometric, potentiometric, and colorimetric analyses. Here, we present a complementary approach that exploits fluorometric sensing modalities integrated into a soft, skin-interfaced microfluidic system which, when paired with a simple smartphone-based imaging module, allows for in situ measurement of important biomarkers in sweat. A network array of microchannels and a collection of microreservoirs pre-filled with fluorescent probes that selectively react with target analytes in sweat (e.g. probes), enable quantitative, rapid analysis. Field studies on human subjects demonstrate the ability to measure the concentrations of chloride, sodium and zinc in sweat, with accuracy that matches that of conventional laboratory techniques. The results highlight the versatility of advanced fluorescent-based imaging modalities in body-worn sweat microfluidics platforms, and they suggest some practical potential for these ideas.
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