A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection

We developed a microfluidic resistive pulse-based cell sensor driven by a syringe pump and a small electric field to precisely count and size yeast and E. coli, as well as measure their density. The microfluidic sensor consisted of one small sensing aperture (10 µm×8 µm cross-section and 15 µm long)...

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Main Authors: Kang, Yuejun, Sun, Jiashu, Jiang, Xingyu, Boczko, Erik M.
Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104646
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17021
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author Kang, Yuejun
Sun, Jiashu
Jiang, Xingyu
Boczko, Erik M.
author2 School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
author_facet School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Kang, Yuejun
Sun, Jiashu
Jiang, Xingyu
Boczko, Erik M.
author_sort Kang, Yuejun
collection NTU
description We developed a microfluidic resistive pulse-based cell sensor driven by a syringe pump and a small electric field to precisely count and size yeast and E. coli, as well as measure their density. The microfluidic sensor consisted of one small sensing aperture (10 µm×8 µm cross-section and 15 µm long) and four side channels. Two side channels were designed to apply a small voltage across the aperture, and the other two were connected to a commercial differential amplifier to detect the trans-aperture voltage modulation caused by cells. Yeast cells were delivered to the resistive pulse sensor through the syringe pump at different flow rates. The measured yeast cell density before dilution was 3.53×108 cells/mL with the average diameter of 3.30 µm (18.83 µm3 in volume) at 1 nL/s, and 3.46×108 cells/mL with the average diameter of 3.40 µm (20.49 µm3 in volume) at 10 nL/s. The same device was used to analyze a population of E. coli, yielding the average volume of 5.36 µm3 and density of 1.79×106 cells/mL. We expect this simple and versatile resistive pulse-based sensor would have potential to realize on-site and on-line cell analysis.
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spelling ntu-10356/1046462020-03-07T11:35:31Z A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection Kang, Yuejun Sun, Jiashu Jiang, Xingyu Boczko, Erik M. School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering We developed a microfluidic resistive pulse-based cell sensor driven by a syringe pump and a small electric field to precisely count and size yeast and E. coli, as well as measure their density. The microfluidic sensor consisted of one small sensing aperture (10 µm×8 µm cross-section and 15 µm long) and four side channels. Two side channels were designed to apply a small voltage across the aperture, and the other two were connected to a commercial differential amplifier to detect the trans-aperture voltage modulation caused by cells. Yeast cells were delivered to the resistive pulse sensor through the syringe pump at different flow rates. The measured yeast cell density before dilution was 3.53×108 cells/mL with the average diameter of 3.30 µm (18.83 µm3 in volume) at 1 nL/s, and 3.46×108 cells/mL with the average diameter of 3.40 µm (20.49 µm3 in volume) at 10 nL/s. The same device was used to analyze a population of E. coli, yielding the average volume of 5.36 µm3 and density of 1.79×106 cells/mL. We expect this simple and versatile resistive pulse-based sensor would have potential to realize on-site and on-line cell analysis. 2013-10-30T02:55:29Z 2019-12-06T21:36:50Z 2013-10-30T02:55:29Z 2019-12-06T21:36:50Z 2013 2013 Journal Article Sun, J., Kang, Y., Boczko, E. M., & Jiang, X. (2013). A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection. Electroanalysis, 25(4), 1023-1028. 1040-0397 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104646 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17021 10.1002/elan.201200507 en Electroanalysis
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Sun, Jiashu
Jiang, Xingyu
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A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection
title A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection
title_full A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection
title_fullStr A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection
title_full_unstemmed A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection
title_short A microfluidic cell size/density sensor by resistive pulse detection
title_sort microfluidic cell size density sensor by resistive pulse detection
topic DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104646
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17021
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