Title : 
Insulin Detection of Clinical Plasma Samples
         
        
            Author : 
Zhan, Zhikun ; Dong, Zaili ; Tung, Steve
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A polydimethysiloxane (PDMS)-based microfluidic system with pneumatic micropumps and micromixers has been developed for high accuracy insulin detection of clinical plasma samples. The detection method is based on double-antibody sandwich immunoassay coupled with luminol-hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) chemiluminescence.
         
        
            Keywords : 
bioMEMS; biomedical measurement; chemiluminescence; microfluidics; micropumps; polymers; clinical plasma samples; double-antibody sandwich immunoassay; insulin detection; luminol-hydrogen peroxide chemiluminescence; micromixers; pneumatic micropumps; polydimethysiloxane-based microfluidic system; Fluid microsystems; Insulin; Microfluidics; Patient monioring; Plasma applications; Pums;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Nanotechnology Magazine, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MNANO.2011.941954