Composite poly(dimethylsiloxane)/glass microfluidic system with an immobilized enzymatic particle-bed reactor and sequential sample injection for chemiluminescence determinations

A three-layer poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/glass microfluidic system for performing on-chip solid-phase enzymatic reaction and chemiluminescence (CL) reaction was used for the determination of glucose as a model analyte. A novel method for the immobilization of controlled-pore-glass based reactive particles on PDMS microreactor beds was developed, producing an on-chip solid-phase reactor that featured large reactive surface and low flow impedance. Efficient mixing of reagent/sample/carrier streams was achieved by incorporating chaotic mixer structures in the microfluidic channels. A conventional sequential injection (SI) system was adapted for direct coupling with the microfluidic system, and combined with hydrostatic delivery of reagents to achieve efficient and reproducible sample introduction at 10 μl levels. A detection limit of 10 μM glucose (3σ), and a precision of 3.1% RSD (n=7, 0.2 mM glucose) were obtained using the SI-microfluidic-CL system integrated with a glucose oxidase (GOD) reactor. Carryover was <5% at a throughput of 20 samples/h.     

Microfluidic chip electrophoresis for biochemical analysis

Microfluidic chip electrophoresis has been widely employed for separation of various biochemical species owing to its advantages of low sample consumption, low cost, fast analysis, high throughput, and integration capability. In this article, we reviewed the development of four different modes of microfluidics‐based electrophoresis technologies including capillary electrophoresis, gel electrophoresis, dielectrophoresis, and field (electric) flow fractionation. Coupling detection schemes on microfluidic electrophoresis platform were also reviewed such as optical, electrochemical, and mass spectrometry method. We further discussed the innovative applications of microfluidic electrophoresis for biomacromolecules (nucleic acids and proteins), biochemical small molecules (amino acids, metabolites, ions, etc.), and bioparticles (cells and pathogens) analysis. The future direction of microfluidic chip electrophoresis was predicted.     

微流控芯片计算机辅助设计、辅助制造方法研究

介绍了一种采用计算机辅助制造中快速成型技术实现微流控芯片快速制作的方法。采用VB二次开发工具(VBA),在计算机辅助设计(CAD)二次开发平台上建立微流控芯片三维CAD立体模型,并通过计算机软件算法对CAD模型进行分层切片,为实现微流控芯片计算机辅助制造提供加工数据。文中针对微流控芯片加工精度要求高的特点,提出了采用位图数据图像格式(BMP)数据格式取代快速成型分层切片中常用的三角面片数据格式(STL),并对具体实现方法进行了详细介绍。     

半导体制冷片制作的高能激光靶屏

 为了用热图法测量高能激光强度的时空分布,设计了将半导体制冷片作为激光靶屏的测量方案。研制了由16个50 mm×50 mm的制冷片组装成的总面积为200 mm×200 mm、总制冷功率超4 800 W的靶屏, 屏四周安装了8个红外标定物用于校正红外图像的畸变。理论上用热传导方程建立了激光辐照半导体制冷片靶屏的加热模型;数值模拟了屏表面温度分布同光强分布的关系,论证了氧化铝陶瓷材料制成的半导体制冷片作为高能激光靶屏的可行性,以及制冷片的制冷功能对测试性能的改善;通过实验验证了研制的靶屏测量光强是可行的。     

Cluster Analysis of Gene Expression Data

The expression levels of many thousands of genes can be measured simultaneously by DNA microarrays (chips). This novel experimental tool has revolutionized research in molecular biology and generated considerable excitement. A typical experiment uses a few tens of such chips, each dedicated to a single sample—such as tissue extracted from a particular tumor. The results of such an experiment contain several hundred thousand numbers, that come in the form of a table, of several thousand rows (one for each gene) and 50–100 columns (one for each sample). We developed a clustering methodology to mine such data. In this review I provide a very basic introduction to the subject, aimed at a physics audience with no prior knowledge of either gene expression or clustering methods. I explain what genes are, what is gene expression and how it is measured by DNA chips. Next I explain what is meant by clustering and how we analyze the massive amounts of data from such experiments, and present results obtained from analysis of data from colon cancer, brain tumors and breast cancer.     

Improved particle-packed HPLC/MS microchips for proteomic analysis

The influence of packing process parameters (packing pressure, application of ultrasound) and the stationary phase particle size (3.5 and 5 μm) on the chromatographic performance of HPLC/MS chips was systematically investigated for proteomic samples. First, reproducibility and detection limits of the separation were evaluated with a low‐complexity sample of tryptic BSA peptides. The influence of adsorbent packing quality on protein identification was then tested with a typical proteomics sample of high complexity, a human plasma protein fraction (Cohn fraction IV‐4). All HPLC/MS chips provided highly reproducible separations of these proteomic samples, but improved packing conditions and smaller particle sizes resulted in chromatograms with narrower peaks and correspondingly higher signal intensities. Improved separation performance increased the peak capacity, the number of identified peptides, and thus the sequence coverage in the proteomic samples, particularly for low sample amounts.     

裂解-气相/质谱法分析木屑物证

木屑是一种在各种案件现场中出现几率较高的微量物证,但由于其化学组成复杂、难溶,高分子组分之间的差异不显著,所以一直未建立有效的鉴定方法.采用裂解-气相/质谱技术(PY-GC/MS)对不同树种木屑难溶物进行分析,结果发现:不同树种木屑难溶物的总离子流图特征相似,即每种木屑难溶物的总离子流图中都有一组特征峰.但个别组分有差异.     

三种典型磨粒磨损磨屑形成过程的研究

作者利用扫描电子显微镜、光学显微镜和计算机图象分析系统,对3种典型磨粒磨损磨屑的形成特点和典型试验条件下材料的磨粒磨损过程进行了研究。结果表明,在磨粒磨损条件下,典型的磨屑形态主要是切屑和块状屑,同时还有极少量的球状屑和花状屑。作者指出,切屑和块状屑分别是磨粒与被磨材料表面一次和多次相互作用的产物。在三体磨粒磨损条件下,切削是造成编号为2M和3M等硬质材料磨损的主要原因,也是4M和几种奥氏体锰钢在高载荷下磨损的重要形式;块状屑的形成是塑性较好的材料在各种磨损条件下磨损的主要形式。球状屑的形成是磨粒与被磨材料表面的接触点产生高温致使材料熔化的结果。球状屑一般是中空且表面有很多孔洞的球壳,其形成与气体有关。     

基于声表面波技术实现数字微流体多基片间输运

建立了声表面波实现多基片间输运微流体的新方法.由3个128(0)YX-LiNbO3压电基片组成,一个基片为接口基片,另两个为工作基片,每个基片光刻一个中心频率为27.5 MHz叉指换能器和一个反射栅.采用微量进样器将待输运的数字微流体进样到工作基片2,调节接口基片使得其与工作基片2位于同一高度,并使其间隙尽可能小,在工...