Abstract
A microchannel chip for continuous-flow polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed using transparent materials. The microchannel was fabricated on a quartz glass substrate using standard photolithography and wet-etching techniques and was sealed by another quartz glass substrate. Two indium-tin-oxide (ITO) films were deposited on the etched substrate as a thermal source. To confirm the temperature distribution in the microchannel, we measured the fluorescence spectra of an aqueous solution of 1-pyrenesulfonic acid sodium salt (PS-Na), which is a temperature-indicator dye, in the microchannel under a continuous solution flow. The results confirm that the temperature distribution on the microchannel's ITO films was almost uniform (within ±2 °C) under two flow rates (56 and 152 nl/min). The slightness of this deviation indicates that the ITO films integrated into the microchannel chip can be very useful as a thermal source for PCR. An amplification of a 450 bp segment of Escherichia coli HB101 was successfully performed by two-stage (94 and 67 °C) thermal cycling on the chip device.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 283-289 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 May 15 |
Keywords
- Escherichia coli HB101
- ITO
- Microchannel
- PCR
- PS-Na
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Electrochemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering