微流控分析芯片的两种液相传质模式及其应用*

微流控分析芯片的微米级结构不仅显著增大内部流体的比界面积,同时缩短微通道内不同溶液间的传质距离,使传质效率相比于宏观体系有显著提高,从而可实现试样分析检测前的高效扩散分离和萃取富集等。本文综述了微流控分析芯片中两种液相传质模式——互溶液相间扩散分离分析、不互溶液相间萃取分离分析的研究进展,讨论了上述传质模式在微芯片装置和功能的集成化方面的应用;并讨论了相关研究的难点和发展趋势。     

基于毛细管电泳及微流控芯片的药物提取分离技术

近年来,在提取分离方面出现了许多新技术和新方法.其中毛细管电泳和微流控芯片技术以其微量、高效、快速等特点,在药物提取分离中已渐显优势.该文对基于毛细管电泳和微流控芯片的两相电泳技术、微流控液液萃取技术、微流控固液萃取技术、微流控过滤式分离技术、微流控膜分离技术在药物分离提取中的应用进行了综述.     

基于微流控芯片电泳分离双链DNA片段的新方法研究

近年来,随着微流控芯片分析技术的兴起,微芯片电泳技术在DNA片段的分离和测序方面的应用也越来越频繁.利用微流控芯片较为成熟的加工技术,建立可以应用于基因测序方面的DNA片段的分离方法研究具有积极意义.     

一种微流控芯片中大体积进样方法及专用芯片

本发明涉及微流控芯片系统的进样方法。在使用固定相的微流控芯片系统中,于芯片分离通道与流动相人口之间设置两个或两个以上的分流通道。通过控制其中流体的切换和截止,实现对微流控芯片系统的大体积进样。该方法适合于微流控芯片中电色谱、加压电色谱和液相色谱模式下的大体积进样。该方法的优点为：可实现微流控芯片中大体积样品的上样;克服了系统中的梯度延迟效应,     

微流控芯片系统在单细胞研究中的应用*

微流控芯片具有网络式通道结构,扩展了在细胞和亚细胞水平进行生命科学研究的能力,为单细胞研究提供了一个新的平台.在微流控芯片通道中,人们利用气压、液压和电压,或利用介电电泳、光学陷阱、行波介电电泳以及磁场等技术,可以操纵细胞通过或驻留在通道内的任意位置,从而使单细胞计数、筛选以及胞内组分分析等操作大大简化.本文对微流控芯片系统在血液流变学、单细胞操纵与计数以及单细胞胞内组分分析中的应用进行了综述,介绍了用于单细胞研究的多种微芯片系统,讨论了芯片上进行单细胞操纵的各种方法     

蛋白质/多肽的微流控二维芯片电泳*

在微流控芯片上构建多维分离系统,为蛋白质组学研究提供了一个有发展前景的高效分离分析技术平台。本文介绍了二维芯片电泳系统耦联模式选取及正交性评价的方法;综述了针对蛋白质/多肽分离分析的各种耦联模式微流控二维芯片电泳分析系统,如胶束电动力学色谱（MEKC）与毛细管区带电泳（CZE）,开管电色谱（OECE）与CZE,等电聚焦（IEF）与CZE, IEF与SDS毛细管凝胶电泳（CGE）, SDS-CGE与MEKC等。特别对二维电泳芯片切换接口的类型进行了分类,探讨了用于微流控二维芯片电泳系统的检测技术,并展望了微流控二维电泳芯片在蛋白质组学研究中的应用前景和发展方向。     

微流控芯片分析及其在酶抑制剂筛选中的应用*

微流控芯片以其消耗少、易于微型化和集成化等优点在酶分析领域占有重要地位。近年来随着新检测技术的不断出现,酶抑制剂筛选芯片的结构也从简单的“混合-反应”和“分离-检测”,变得更加多样化和多功能化。微流控芯片上分子固定化酶、细胞培养等技术的进步为微流控芯片上实现酶抑制剂的高通量和高内涵筛选带来了巨大优势。本文对用于酶分析的微流控芯片的种类和构型进行简介和归纳总结,重点讨论和综述了其在酶抑制剂筛选中的应用及其最新研究进展。     

微流控芯片电泳的研究进展

该文综述了微流控芯片电泳的制备、结构和应用,比较了不同材料微流控芯片电泳的制备机理、表面改性和性能特点,归纳和总结了不同结构微流控芯片电泳的进样、分离和检测系统以及不同类型微流控芯片电泳在荧光物质、金属离子、糖、药物、核酸、DNA、氨基酸、多肽和蛋白质分析中的应用,并对微流控芯片电泳的未来发展方向做了展望.     

微流控芯片技术在精细胞研究中的应用

具有多维网络微通道结构的微流控芯片可在微纳尺度上集成细胞进样、培养、分选、裂解和分离检测等多种功能单元,不仅在尺寸上与精细胞匹配,还可为精细胞提供相对封闭的接近生理状态的生长微环境。研究者已利用此系统的层流、微通道特殊几何结构等特点对精子进行了多方面研究。该文对微流控芯片技术在精细胞的培养、分选、胞内成分分析和人工授精中的应用进行了综述,介绍了用于精细胞研究的多种微流控芯片系统,并讨论了精细胞分选的各种方法。     

安培检测的微型全分析系统设计

本文综述了近年来微流控化学芯片的主要电化学检测方法——安培法的最新研究进展及应用。重点讨论了微芯片上电化学检测系统及其接口的设计与制作;同时简述了样品在芯片上的衍生化过程;进一步探讨和展望了带电化学检测器的微流控化学芯片的发展前景。     

微流控芯片测定单细胞内化学组分的进展

细胞是生命的基本单元。由于细胞的个体差异,传统分析群体细胞的方法难以得到单细胞的重要信息。准确可靠地测定单细胞内化学组分的含量能大大提高从正常细胞中辨别不正常细胞的能力,为进一步研究和发展生物化学、医学和临床检验等领域奠定基础。近年来,用微流控芯片进行单细胞分析已引起广泛的兴趣。微流控芯片可以集成单细胞进样、溶膜、电泳分离胞内化学组分和高灵敏度测定等一系列操作步骤,为分析单细胞内的化学组分提供了新的技术平台。本文主要综述了近年来微流控芯片测定单细胞内化学组分的进展。重点在于利用电渗流、压力结合电渗流和激光镊子等技术操控单细胞在微流控芯片上完成单细胞进样、溶膜、细胞内化学组分的电泳分离和高灵敏度测定等一系列操作步骤。对在微流控芯片上的衍生技术也做了较为详细的阐述。     

Microfluidic DNA amplification—A review

The application of microfluidic devices for DNA amplification has recently been extensively studied. Here, we review the important development of microfluidic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) devices and discuss the underlying physical principles for the optimal design and operation of the device. In particular, we focus on continuous-flow microfluidic PCR on-chip, which can be readily implemented as an integrated function of a micro-total-analysis system. To overcome sample carryover contamination and surface adsorption associated with microfluidic PCR, microdroplet technology has recently been utilized to perform PCR in droplets, which can eliminate the synthesis of short chimeric products, shorten thermal-cycling time, and offers great potential for single DNA molecule and single-cell amplification. The work on chip-based PCR in droplets is highlighted.     

微流控芯片毛细管电泳在蛋白质分离分析中的应用研究进展

重点介绍了近年来国内外在微流控芯片毛细管电泳法用于蛋白质分离分析方面的研究进展。按照分离模式的不同,综述了各种应用于蛋白质分离的微流控芯片毛细管电泳系统,讨论了抑制芯片中的蛋白吸附的各种方法,并展望了芯片毛细管电泳系统在蛋白质分离领域的发展前景。引用文献47篇。     

Continuous cell introduction and rapid dynamic lysis for high-throughput single-cell analysis on microfludic chips with hydrodynamic focusing

A chip-based microfluidic system for high-throughput single-cell analysis is described. The system was integrated with continuous introduction of individual cells, rapid dynamic lysis, capillary electrophoretic (CE) separation and laser induced fluorescence (LIF) detection. A cross microfluidic chip with one sheath-flow channel located on each side of the sampling channel was designed. The labeled cells were hydrodynamically focused by sheath-flow streams and sequentially introduced into the cross section of the microchip under hydrostatic pressure generated by adjusting liquid levels in the reservoirs. Combined with the electric field applied on the separation channel, the aligned cells were driven into the separation channel and rapidly lysed within 33ms at the entry of the separation channel by Triton X-100 added in the sheath-flow solution. The maximum rate for introducing individual cells into the separation channel was about 150cells/min. The introduction of sheath-flow streams also significantly reduced the concentration of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) injected into the separation channel along with single cells, thus reducing Joule heating during electrophoretic separation. The performance of this microfluidic system was evaluated by analysis of reduced glutathione (GSH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in single erythrocytes. A throughput of 38cells/min was obtained. The proposed method is simple and robust for high-throughput single-cell analysis, allowing for analysis of cell population with considerable size to generate results with statistical significance.     

Novel multi-depth microfluidic chip for single cell analysis

A novel multi-depth microfluidic chip was fabricated on glass substrate by use of conventional lithography and three-step etching technology. The sampling channel on the microchip was 37 microm deep, while the separation channel was 12 microm deep. A 1mm long weir was constructed in the separation channel, 300 microm down the channel crossing. The channel at the weir section was 6 microm deep. By using the multi-depth microfluidic chip, human carcinoma cells, which easily aggregate, settle and adhere to the surface of the channel, can be driven from the sample reservoir to the sample waste reservoir by hydrostatic pressure generated by the difference of liquid level between sample and sample waste reservoirs. Single cell loading into the separation channel was achieved by applying a set of pinching potentials at the four reservoirs. The loaded cell was stopped by the weir and precisely positioned within the separation channel. The trapped cell was lysed by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) containing buffer solution in 20s. This approach reduced the lysing time and improved the reproducibility of chip-based electrophoresis separations. Reduced glutathione (GSH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) were used as model intracellular components in single human carcinoma cells, and the constituents were separated by chip-based electrophoresis and detected by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). A throughput of 15 samples/h, a migration time precision of 3.1% RSD for ROS and 4.9% RSD for GSH were obtained for 10 consecutively injected cells.     

Modular microfluidics for gradient generation

This paper describes a modular approach to constructing microfluidic systems for the generation of gradients of arbitrary profiles. Unlike most current microfluidic-based systems that have integrated architectures, we design several basic component modules such as distributors, combiners, resistors and collectors and connect them into networks that produce gradients of any profile at will. Using the system as a platform we can generate arbitrary gradient profiles that are tunable in real time. The key advantage of this system is that its operation is based on prefabricated components that are relatively simple. Particularly for non-specialists, the modular microfluidic system is easier to implement and more versatile compared to single, integrated gradient generators. The disadvantages associated with this system is that the total amount of liquids used is rather large compared with single chip-based systems. The system would be useful in simulating environments in vivo, e.g., studying how cells respond to temporal and spatial stimuli.     

Label-free electrical discrimination of cells at normal, apoptotic and necrotic status with a microfluidic device

As a label-free alternative of conventional flow cytometry, chip-based impedance measurement for single cell analysis has attracted increasing attentions in recent years. In this paper, we designed a T-shape microchannel and fabricated a pair of gold electrodes located horizontally on each side of the microchannel using a transfer printing method. Instant electric signals of flowing-through single cells were then detected by connecting the electrodes to a Keithley resistance and capacitance measurement system. Experimental results based on the simultaneous measurement of resistance and capacitance demonstrated that HL-60 and SMMC-7721 cells could be differentiated effectively. Moreover, SMMC-7721 cells at normal, apoptotic and necrotic status can also be discriminated in the flow. We discussed the possible mechanism for the discrimination of cell size and cell status by electrical analysis, and it is believed that the improvement of detection with our design results from more uniform distribution of the electric field. This microfluidic design may potentially become a promising approach for the label-free cell sorting and screening.     

A microfluidic chip based on an ITO support modified with Ag-Au nanocomposites for SERS based determination of melamine

Microchimica Acta - This article describes a microfluidic SERS chip-based rapid and high-throughput method for the determination of chemical and biological analytes, specifically of melamine. The...     

微流控芯片免疫分析方法研究进展

综述了微流控芯片免疫分析方法研究新进展。对有关芯片进行了初步分类，并评述了各类芯片的性能与优缺点。尤为关注免疫分析微流控芯片在临床诊断、环境分析等领域的应用研究。引用文献33篇。     

Electrochromatography in microchips packed with conventional reversed-phase silica particles

This paper shows the applicability of a disposable and inexpensive microfluidic chip for electrochromatographic separations. The chip, recently developed by us for chip-based LC, was fabricated from PDMS incorporating conventional chromatographic RP silica particles (C18) without the use of frits. Three cephalosporin antibiotics were used to demonstrate the applicability of the chip-based chromatographic packing for electrochromatographic determinations. The used sample injection method utilizes hydrodynamic pressure, thereby, reducing the propensity for sample bias during the injection.