Issue 7, 2017

Raman spectroscopy compatible PDMS droplet microfluidic culture and analysis platform towards on-chip lipidomics

Abstract

Lipids produced by microalgae are viewed as a potential renewable alternative to fossil fuels, however, significant improvements in productivity are required for microalgal biofuels to become economically feasible. Here we present a method that allows for the use of Raman spectroscopy with poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) droplet microfluidic devices, which not only overcomes the high Raman background of PDMS, but also achieves pairing of the high-throughput single-cell resolution advantages of droplet microfluidics with the direct, chemically specific, label-free, and non-destructive nature of Raman spectroscopy. The platform was successfully utilized for in situ characterization of microalgal lipid production over time within droplets, paving the way towards high-throughput microalgal lipidomics assays.

Graphical abstract: Raman spectroscopy compatible PDMS droplet microfluidic culture and analysis platform towards on-chip lipidomics

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Oct 2016
Accepted
06 Mar 2017
First published
06 Mar 2017

Analyst, 2017,142, 1054-1060

Raman spectroscopy compatible PDMS droplet microfluidic culture and analysis platform towards on-chip lipidomics

H. S. Kim, S. C. Waqued, D. T. Nodurft, T. P. Devarenne, V. V. Yakovlev and A. Han, Analyst, 2017, 142, 1054 DOI: 10.1039/C6AN02221A

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