Low-Cost Microfluidic Sensors with Smart Hydrogel Patterned Arrays Using Electronic Resistive Channel Sensing for Readout
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Fabrication of Microfluidic Channels
2.2. UV Photopolymerization of Smart Hydrogel Pillar Arrays within Microfluidic Channels
2.3. Response of the Hydrogel Pillars to Cyclic Changes in pH
3. Conclusions
4. Materials and Methods
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Leu, H.-Y.; Farhoudi, N.; Reiche, C.F.; Körner, J.; Mohanty, S.; Solzbacher, F.; Magda, J. Low-Cost Microfluidic Sensors with Smart Hydrogel Patterned Arrays Using Electronic Resistive Channel Sensing for Readout. Gels 2018, 4, 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels4040084
Leu H-Y, Farhoudi N, Reiche CF, Körner J, Mohanty S, Solzbacher F, Magda J. Low-Cost Microfluidic Sensors with Smart Hydrogel Patterned Arrays Using Electronic Resistive Channel Sensing for Readout. Gels. 2018; 4(4):84. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels4040084
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeu, Hsuan-Yu, Navid Farhoudi, Christopher F. Reiche, Julia Körner, Swomitra Mohanty, Florian Solzbacher, and Jules Magda. 2018. "Low-Cost Microfluidic Sensors with Smart Hydrogel Patterned Arrays Using Electronic Resistive Channel Sensing for Readout" Gels 4, no. 4: 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels4040084