Issue 12, 2007

Screen-printed microfluidic device for electrochemical immunoassay

Abstract

In this paper, a new microfluidic array device has been fabricated with screen printing technology. In contrast to traditional microfabrication processes, our method is simple, inexpensive and also suitable for mass production. The device is used for sandwich-type electrochemical immunoassay, in which probes are covalently attached to the electrode surface via electropolymerized polypyrrole propylic acid (PPA) film. This novel microfluidic system enables the whole array preparation and detection processes, including the probe immobilization, sample injection, enzyme incubation and electrochemical detection, to be conducted in the sealed microchannels. For a demonstration, mouse IgG is selected as the target analyte and its detection is realized by sandwich ELISA with goat anti-mouse IgG, rat anti-mouse IgG (conjugated to alkaline phosphatase) and p-aminophenyl phosphate (PAPP) as the primary antibody, second antibody, and enzyme substrate, respectively. A detection limit of 10 ng mL−1 (67 pM) is achieved with a dynamic range of 100 ng mL−1–10 μg mL−1. In addition, anti-goat IgG is also immobilized as an alternative probe to test mouse IgG in the solution, in order to demonstrate the multiplexing capability as well as the specificity of the device. As expected, the electrochemical responses are much lower than that using anti-mouse IgG as the probe, indicating good selectivity of the immunoassay device. These results indicate a great promise toward the development of miniaturized, low-cost protein biochips for clinical, forensics, environmental, and pharmaceutical applications.

Graphical abstract: Screen-printed microfluidic device for electrochemical immunoassay

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Aug 2007
Accepted
27 Sep 2007
First published
11 Oct 2007

Lab Chip, 2007,7, 1752-1758

Screen-printed microfluidic device for electrochemical immunoassay

H. Dong, C. Li, Y. Zhang, X. Cao and Y. Gan, Lab Chip, 2007, 7, 1752 DOI: 10.1039/B712394A

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