The application of microbeads to microfluidic systems for enhanced detection and purification of biomolecules.
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Pinto IF, Caneira CR, Soares RR, Madaboosi N, Aires-Barros MR, Conde JP, Azevedo AM, Chu V
Methods 116 (-) 112-124 [2017-03-01; online 2016-12-10]
This paper describes microbead-based microfluidic systems. Several aspects of bead assays in microfluidics make them advantageous for bioassays in simple microchannels, including enhanced surface-to-volume ratio, improved molecular recognition reaction efficiency, and the wide range of surface functionalization available with commercial microbeads. Two-level SU-8 molds are used to fabricate PDMS microchannels that can hydrodynamically trap different types of microbeads, with characteristic dimensions of tens of microns. The use of these microbead-based microfluidic systems in the biosensing of antibodies, toxins and nucleic acids, as well as in antibody purification will be presented and discussed in this paper.
PubMed 27965121
DOI 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.12.005
Crossref 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.12.005
pii: S1046-2023(16)30476-5