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Lim J, Han W, Thang LTH, Lee YW, Shin JH. Customizable Nichrome Wire Heaters for Molecular Diagnostic Applications. BIOSENSORS 2024; 14:152. [PMID: 38534259 DOI: 10.3390/bios14030152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Accurate sample heating is vital for nucleic acid extraction and amplification, requiring a sophisticated thermal cycling process in nucleic acid detection. Traditional molecular detection systems with heating capability are bulky, expensive, and primarily designed for lab settings. Consequently, their use is limited where lab systems are unavailable. This study introduces a technique for performing the heating process required in molecular diagnostics applicable for point-of-care testing (POCT), by presenting a method for crafting customized heaters using freely patterned nichrome (NiCr) wire. This technique, fabricating heaters by arranging protrusions on a carbon black-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) cast and patterning NiCr wire, utilizes cost-effective materials and is not constrained by shape, thereby enabling customized fabrication in both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D). To illustrate its versatility and practicality, a 2D heater with three temperature zones was developed for a portable device capable of automatic thermocycling for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 pathogen DNA. Furthermore, the detection of the same pathogen was demonstrated using a customized 3D heater surrounding a microtube for loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). Successful DNA amplification using the proposed heater suggests that the heating technique introduced in this study can be effectively applied to POCT.
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- Juhee Lim
- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
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- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
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- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
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- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
- School of Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
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- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
- Major of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Smart Healthcare, College of Information Technology and Convergence, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
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Tsai YC, Weng WY, Yeh YT, Chien JC. Dual-Aptamer Drift Canceling Techniques to Improve Long-Term Stability of Real-Time Structure-Switching Aptasensors. ACS Sens 2023; 8:3380-3388. [PMID: 37671977 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c00509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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This paper presents a dual-aptamer scheme to mitigate signal drifts caused by structure-switching aptamers during long-term monitoring. Electrochemical aptamer-based (E-AB) biosensors have recently shown great potential for continuous in vivo monitoring. However, the accuracy of detection is often limited by signaling drifts. Traditional approaches rely on kinetic differential measurements (KDM) coupled with square-wave voltammetry to eliminate these drifts. Yet, we have discovered that KDM does not apply universally to all aptamers, as their responses at different SWV frequencies heavily rely on their structure-switching characteristics and the electron transfer (ET) kinetics of the redox reporters. In light of this, we propose a "dual-aptamer" scheme that utilizes two aptamers, each responding differently to the same target molecule to cancel out drift. These paired aptamers are identified through (1) screening from an existing pool of aptamers and (2) engineering the signaling behavior of the redox reporters. We demonstrate the differential signaling of the aptamer pair in the presence of ampicillin and ATP molecules and show that the pair exhibits similar drifts in undiluted goat serum. By implementing drift cancelation, sensor drift is reduced by a factor of 370. Additionally, the differential signaling enables an increased recording throughput by leveraging differential readout electronics. The authors believe that the proposed technique holds significant benefits for long-term in vivo monitoring.
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- Ya-Chen Tsai
- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da'an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da'an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da'an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da'an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da'an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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Wang S, Rovira M, Demuru S, Lafaye C, Kim J, Kunnel BP, Besson C, Fernandez-Sanchez C, Serra-Graells F, Margarit-Taule JM, Aymerich J, Cuenca J, Kiselev I, Gremeaux V, Saubade M, Jimenez-Jorquera C, Briand D, Liu SC. Multisensing Wearables for Real-Time Monitoring of Sweat Electrolyte Biomarkers During Exercise and Analysis on Their Correlation With Core Body Temperature. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2023; 17:808-817. [PMID: 37318976 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2023.3286528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Sweat secreted by the human eccrine sweat glands can provide valuable biomarker information during exercise. Real-time non-invasive biomarker recordings are therefore useful for evaluating the physiological conditions of an athlete such as their hydration status during endurance exercise. This work describes a wearable sweat biomonitoring patch incorporating printed electrochemical sensors into a plastic microfluidic sweat collector and data analysis that shows the real-time recorded sweat biomarkers can be used to predict a physiological biomarker. The system was placed on subjects carrying out an hour-long exercise session and results were compared to a wearable system using potentiometric robust silicon-based sensors and to commercially available HORIBA-LAQUAtwin devices. Both prototypes were applied to the real-time monitoring of sweat during cycling sessions and showed stable readings for around an hour. Analysis of the sweat biomarkers collected from the printed patch prototype shows that their real-time measurements correlate well (correlation coefficient ≥ 0.65) with other physiological biomarkers such as heart rate and regional sweat rate collected in the same session. We show for the first time, that the real-time sweat sodium and potassium concentration biomarker measurements from the printed sensors can be used to predict the core body temperature with root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.02 °C which is 71% lower compared to the use of only the physiological biomarkers. These results show that these wearable patch technologies are promising for real-time portable sweat monitoring analytical platforms, especially for athletes performing endurance exercise.
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Recent advances in ion‐sensitive field‐effect transistors for biosensing applications. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Shojaei Baghini M, Vilouras A, Dahiya R. Ultra-Thin Chips With ISFET Array for Continuous Monitoring of Body Fluids Ph. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2021; 15:1174-1185. [PMID: 35007198 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3141553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This paper presents ISFET array based pH-sensing system-on-ultra-thin-chip (SoUTC) designed and fabricated in 350 nm CMOS technology. The SoUTC with the proposed current-mode active-pixel ISFET circuit array is desined to operate at 2 V and consumes 6.28 μW per-pixel. The presented SoUTC exhibits low sensitivity to process, voltage, temperature and strain-induced (PVTS) variations. The silicon area occupancy of each active-pixel is 44.9 × 33.5 µm2 with an ion-sensing area of 576 µm2. The design of presented ISFET device is analysed with finite element modeling in COMSOL Multiphysics using compact model parameters of MOSFET in 350 nm CMOS technology. Owing to thin (∼30 µm) Si-substrate the presented SoUTC can conform to curvilinear surfaces, allowing intimate contact necessary for reliable data for monitoring of analytes in body fluids such as sweat. Further, it can operate either in a rolling shutter fashion or in a pseudo-random pixel selection mode allowing the simultaneous detection of pH from different skin regions. Finally, the circuits have been tested in aqueous Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) culture media with 5-9 pH values, which mimics cellular environments, to demonstrate their potential use for continuous monitoring of body-fluids pH.
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Sinha S, Pal T. A comprehensive review of FET‐based pH sensors: materials, fabrication technologies, and modeling. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- Soumendu Sinha
- CSIR – Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) Pilani Rajasthan India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh India
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- CSIR – Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) Pilani Rajasthan India
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Zeng J, Kuang L, Cacho-Soblechero M, Georgiou P. An Ultra-High Frame Rate Ion Imaging Platform Using ISFET Arrays With Real-Time Compression. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2021; 15:820-833. [PMID: 34406947 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2021.3105328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this paper, a Lab-on-Chip platform with ultra-high throughput and real-time image compression for high speed ion imaging is presented. The sensing front-end comprises of a CMOS ISFET array with sensors biased in velocity saturation for a linear pH-to-current conversion and high spatial and temporal resolution. An array of 128 × 128 pixels is designed with a pixel size of 13.5 μm × 10.5 μm. In-pixel reset switches are applied for offset compensation, by asynchronously resetting the floating gate of the ISFET to a known fixed potential. Additionally, each row of pixels is processed by a current mode signal pipeline with auto zeroing functionality to remove fixed pattern noise, followed by an on-chip 1 MS/s 8-bit row-parallel single slope ADC. Fabricated in standard TSMC 180 nm BCD process, the entire system-on-chip occupies a silicon area of 2 mm × 2 mm, and achieves a frame rate of 6100 fps (7800 fps from simulation). A high speed 25 ms-latency readout platform based on a USB 3.0 interface and standard JPEG is presented for real-time ion imaging and image compression respectively, while an optimised JPEG algorithm is also designed and verified for a higher compression ratio without sacrificing image quality. We demonstrate real-time ion image visualisation by sensing high speed ion diffusion at 6100 fps, which is more than two times faster than the current state-of-the-art.
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Shan SS, Lu SY, Yang YP, Lin SP, Carey P, Xian M, Ren F, Pearton S, Chang CW, Lin J, Liao YT. A Two-Electrode, Double-Pulsed Sensor Readout Circuit for Cardiac Troponin I Measurement. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2020; 14:1362-1370. [PMID: 33035161 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2020.3029912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This paper presents a pulse-stimulus sensor readout circuit for use in cardiovascular disease examinations. The sensor is based on a gold nanoparticle plate with an antibody post-modification. The proposed system utilizes gated pulses to detect the biomarker Cardiac Troponin I in an ionic solution. The characteristic of the electrostatic double-layer capacitor generated by the analyte is related to the concentration of Cardiac Troponin I in the solvent. After sensing by the transistor, a current-to-frequency converter (I-to-F) and delay-line-based time-to-digital converter (TDC) convert the information into a series of digital codes for further analysis. The design is fabricated in a 0.18-μm standard CMOS process. The chip occupies an area of 0.92 mm2 and consumes 125 μW. In the measurements, the proposed circuit achieved a 1.77 Hz/pg-mL sensitivity and 72.43 dB dynamic range.
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Moniri A, Miglietta L, Malpartida-Cardenas K, Pennisi I, Cacho-Soblechero M, Moser N, Holmes A, Georgiou P, Rodriguez-Manzano J. Amplification Curve Analysis: Data-Driven Multiplexing Using Real-Time Digital PCR. Anal Chem 2020; 92:13134-13143. [PMID: 32946688 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Information about the kinetics of PCR reactions is encoded in the amplification curve. However, in digital PCR (dPCR), this information is typically neglected by collapsing each amplification curve into a binary output (positive/negative). Here, we demonstrate that the large volume of raw data obtained from real-time dPCR instruments can be exploited to perform data-driven multiplexing in a single fluorescent channel using machine learning methods, by virtue of the information in the amplification curve. This new approach, referred to as amplification curve analysis (ACA), was shown using an intercalating dye (EvaGreen), reducing the cost and complexity of the assay and enabling the use of melting curve analysis for validation. As a case study, we multiplexed 3 carbapenem-resistant genes to show the impact of this approach on global challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. In the presence of single targets, we report a classification accuracy of 99.1% (N = 16188), which represents a 19.7% increase compared to multiplexing based on the final fluorescent intensity. Considering all combinations of amplification events (including coamplifications), the accuracy was shown to be 92.9% (N = 10383). To support the analysis, we derived a formula to estimate the occurrence of coamplification in dPCR based on multivariate Poisson statistics and suggest reducing the digital occupancy in the case of multiple targets in the same digital panel. The ACA approach takes a step toward maximizing the capabilities of existing real-time dPCR instruments and chemistries, by extracting more information from data to enable data-driven multiplexing with high accuracy. Furthermore, we expect that combining this method with existing probe-based assays will increase multiplexing capabilities significantly. We envision that once emerging point-of-care technologies can reliably capture real-time data from isothermal chemistries, the ACA method will facilitate the implementation of dPCR outside of the lab.
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- Ahmad Moniri
- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.,Section of Paediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, U.K
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- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, U.K
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- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.,NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, U.K
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