Miniature stick-packaging - an industrial technology for pre-storage and release of reagents in lab-on-a-chip systems
Miniature stick-packaging - an industrial technology for pre-storage and release of reagents in lab-on-a-chip systems
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DOI:
10.1039/c3lc50404b
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
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6.1
通讯作者:
von Stetten, Felix
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作者:
van Oordt, Thomas;Barb, Yannick;von Stetten, Felix
Stick-packaging of goods in tubular-shaped composite-foil pouches has become a popular technology for food and drug packaging. We miniaturized stick-packaging for use in lab-on-a-chip (LOAC) systems to pre-store and on-demand release the liquid and dry reagents in a volume range of 80-500 mu l. An integrated frangible seal enables the pressure-controlled release of reagents and simplifies the layout of LOAC systems, thereby making the package a functional microfluidic release unit. The frangible seal is adjusted to defined burst pressures ranging from 20 to 140 kPa. The applied ultrasonic welding process allows the packaging of temperature sensitive reagents. Stick-packs have been successfully tested applying recovery tests (where 99% (STDV = 1%) of 250 mu l pre-stored liquid is released), long-term storage tests (where there is loss of only