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ArticleMicromachines2024

Increasing Optical Path Lengths in Micro-Fluidic Devices Using a Multi-Pass Cell.

Victor Argueta-Diaz, McKenna Owens, Ahmed Al Ramadan

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Article in Micromachines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Victor Argueta-DiazDepartment of Physics and Engineering, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2962-2260
McKenna OwensCollege of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Ahmed Al RamadanAl Qahtani PCK Pipe Company, Dammam 31462, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents a novel absorption cell with a circular geometry that can be integrated into microfluidic devices for optical spectroscopy applications. The absorption cell is made of PDMS/SU8 and offers an optical path length that is 8.5 times its diameter, resulting in a significant increase in the sensitivity of the measurements. Overall, this design provides a reliable and efficient solution for optical spectroscopy in microfluidic systems, enabling the precise detection and analysis of small quantities of analytes.

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lab-on-a-chiplong-optical pathmicrofluidics

Identifiers

PMID39064331
PMCPMC11278631

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