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Automatic characterization of capillary flow profile of liquid samples on µTADs based on capacitance measurement.
Zhou, Jie; Li, Haonan; Li, Xionghui; Liang, Xuanying; Feng, Zitao; He, Qinghao; Zhang, Muyang; Chen, Xinyi; Chen, Huilin; Zhang, Huiru; Guo, Weijin.
Affiliation
  • Zhou J; Department of Electrical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Li H; Department of Electrical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Li X; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Liang X; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Feng Z; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • He Q; Department of Electrical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Zhang M; Department of Electrical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Chen X; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Chen H; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China.
  • Zhang H; Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center, Foshan, 528253, Guangdong, China.
  • Guo W; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shantou University, 243 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China. Electronic address: guoweijin@stu.edu.cn.
J Chromatogr A ; 1735: 465328, 2024 Oct 25.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39232420
ABSTRACT
Capillary flow profile of liquid samples in porous media is closely related to the important properties of liquid samples, including the viscosity and the surface energy. Therefore, capillary flow profile can be used as an index to differentiate liquid samples with different properties. Fast and automatic characterization of capillary flow profile of liquid samples is necessary. In this work, we develop a portable and economical capacitance acquisition system (CASY) to easily obtain the capillary flow profile of liquid samples on microfluidic thread-based analytical devices (µTADs) by measuring the capacitance during the capillary flow. At first, we validate the accuracy of this method by comparing with the traditional method by video analysis in obtaining the capillary flow profiles in µTADs of cotton threads or glass fiber threads. Then we use it to differentiate liquid samples with different viscosity (mixture of water and glycerol). In addition, capillary flow profile on µTADs with chemical valves (chitosan or sucrose) can also be obtained on this device. Lastly, we show the potential of this device in measurement of hematocrit (HCT) of whole blood samples. This device can be used to catalog liquid biological samples with different properties in point-of-care diagnostics in the near future.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Electric Capacitance Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Chromatogr A / J. chromatogr. A / Journal of chromatography A Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication:

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Electric Capacitance Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Chromatogr A / J. chromatogr. A / Journal of chromatography A Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: