An Optofluidic Young Interferometer for Electrokinetic Transport-Coupled Biosensing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Chemicals and Materials
2.2. Synthesis of Functionalized Agarose
2.3. Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices
2.4. Instrumentation for Interferometry with Electrokinetic Transport
2.5. Instrumentation for Fluorescence Imaging
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Working Principle of the YI
3.2. Electrokinetic Transport of Streptavidin Using the YI
3.3. Electrokinetic Transport-Coupled YI for Biosensing
3.4. Effect of Interferents on Sensing of Streptavidin
3.5. Quantification of Streptavidin
3.6. Comparison with State-of-the-Art Interferometers
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Labella, E.; Gupta, R. An Optofluidic Young Interferometer for Electrokinetic Transport-Coupled Biosensing. Micromachines 2024, 15, 861. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15070861
Labella E, Gupta R. An Optofluidic Young Interferometer for Electrokinetic Transport-Coupled Biosensing. Micromachines. 2024; 15(7):861. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15070861
Chicago/Turabian StyleLabella, Elisabetta, and Ruchi Gupta. 2024. "An Optofluidic Young Interferometer for Electrokinetic Transport-Coupled Biosensing" Micromachines 15, no. 7: 861. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15070861