Vanadium oxide thermal microsensor integrated in a microfluidic chip for detecting cholesterol and glucose concentrations
Vanadium oxide thermal microsensor integrated in a microfluidic chip for detecting cholesterol and glucose concentrations
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10.1007/s00542-016-3090-1
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2017-07
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N. Inomata;Libao Pan;Zhuqing Wang;M. Kimura;T. Ono
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N. Inomata;Libao Pan;Zhuqing Wang;M. Kimura;T. Ono
A highly sensitive thermal measurement device based on a vanadium oxide (VOx) microthermistor is developed for detecting biological molecules based on enzymatic reactions. The measurement principle of the VOxthermistor relies on the temperature dependence of its electrical resistance owing to the heat generation of enzymatic reactions. The device comprises a microfluidic channel and chambers, and VOxthermistors on a suspended Si3N4membrane for thermal insulation. The enzyme is immobilized in silica gel on the sensor. The temperature coefficient of the resistance of the fabricated VOxthermistor is −1.3 %/K. The fabricated device has a temperature resolution of 0.30 mK/√Hz and a temperature response of 4.9 mV/K. Thermal measurements of cholesterol and glucose are demonstrated using the heat production caused by enzymatic reactions. The detectable concentrations of glucose and cholesterol were 30 and 15 µM/√Hz, respectively.