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ArticleBiomedical engineering and computational biology2020

ZnO Nanowire-Anchored Microfluidic Device With Herringbone Structure Fabricated by Maskless Photolithography.

Dilshan Sooriyaarachchi, Shahrima Maharubin, George Z Tan

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Article in Biomedical engineering and computational biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Next-Generation Microfluidics for Biomedical Research and Healthcare Applications.Biomedical engineering and computational biology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dilshan SooriyaarachchiDepartment of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Shahrima MaharubinDepartment of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
George Z TanDepartment of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration of nanomaterials in microfluidic devices has emerged as a new research paradigm. Microfluidic devices composed of ZnO nanowires have been developed for the collection of urine extracellular vesicles (EVs) at high efficiency and in situ extraction of various microRNAs (miRNAs). The devices can be used for diagnosing various diseases, including kidney diseases and cancers. A major research need for developing micro total analysis systems is to enhance extraction efficiency. This article presents a novel fabrication method for a herringbone-patterned microfluidic device anchored with ZnO nanowire arrays. The substrates with herringbone patterns were created by maskless photolithography. The ZnO nanowire arrays were grown on the substrates by chemical bathing. The patterned design was to introduce turbulent flows as opposed to laminar flow in traditional devices to increase the mixing and contact of the urine sample with ZnO nanowires. The device showed reduced flow rates compared with conventional planar microfluidic channels and successfully extracted urine EV-encapsulated miRNAs.

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maskless photolithographyMicrofluidic devicePDMSZnO nanowires

Identifiers

PMID32704232
PMCPMC7361484
OpenAlexW3043166071

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