Deployable Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor for Colorimetric Measurements
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sensor Design
2.1.1. Housing
2.1.2. Microfluidic Chip
2.1.3. Sample Inlet and Pump
2.1.4. Pumps for Reagent and Other Solutions
2.1.5. Waste Storage
2.1.6. Electronic Control System
2.2. Chemical Reaction
2.3. Sensor Preparation
2.4. Measurement Procedure
2.5. Calibration Measurement
2.6. Deployment
2.7. Reference Measurements
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gassmann, S.; Schleifer, T.; Schuette, H. Deployable Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor for Colorimetric Measurements. Micromachines 2023, 14, 2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14112102
Gassmann S, Schleifer T, Schuette H. Deployable Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor for Colorimetric Measurements. Micromachines. 2023; 14(11):2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14112102
Chicago/Turabian StyleGassmann, Stefan, Till Schleifer, and Helmut Schuette. 2023. "Deployable Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor for Colorimetric Measurements" Micromachines 14, no. 11: 2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14112102