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ArticleLab on a chip2014

Non-faradaic impedance characterization of an evaporating droplet for microfluidic and biosensing applications.

Piyush Dak, Aida Ebrahimi, Muhammad A Alam

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Evaporation-induced stimulation of bacterial osmoregulation for electrical assessment of cell viability.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Piyush DakSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. alam@ecn.purdue.edu.
Aida Ebrahimi
Muhammad A Alam

Funding

NCI NIH HHS R01-CA20003ORFDO NIH HHS C2000326PHS HHS 00326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have developed a general numerical/analytical theory of non-faradaic impedance of an evaporating droplet, and validated the model by experiments involving droplets of various analyte concentrations deposited on a surface defined by coplanar electrodes. The impedance of the droplet Z(n0,t,f) is analyzed as a function of the concentration (n0) of the ions in the solution, the measurement frequency (f) and the evaporation time (t). We illustrate the versatility of the model by determining the sensitivity enhancement α(t) of the droplet-based impedimetric nano-biosensor under different regimes of operation. The model should have broad applications in the characterization/optimization of droplet-based systems, especially lab-on-chip components involving digital microfluidics.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesModels, TheoreticalElectric Impedance

Identifiers

PMID24850073
PMCPMC4112542

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