Mapping and sensing microfluidic chemical reactions using a frequency domain terahertz system

Author

Pathak, R. ; Cheng, L. -J ; Sensale-Rodriguez, B. ; Wang, T. ; Liu, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

23-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We report a novel chemical and biological sensing metrology by combining both frequency-domain terahertz and microfluidic techniques through the quasi-optical approach. Using this sensing platform, a variety of chemicals have been examined over the frequency range of 0.57-0.63 THz. In addition, real-time monitoring and THz mapping of two-stream mixtures and diffusions in a microfluidic device are also successfully demonstrated. This strategy represents a versatile approach that may enable a wide range of chemical and biological applications.

Keywords

biosensors; chemical sensors; microfluidics; spectrochemical analysis; terahertz spectroscopy; biological sensing metrology; chemical reaction mapping; chemical sensing metrology; frequency 0.57 GHz to 0.63 GHz; frequency domain terahertz system; frequency-domain terahertz technique; microfluidic device; real-time monitoring; sensing microfluidic chemical reaction; two-stream mixture; Biology; Chemicals; Educational institutions; Frequency domain analysis; Microfluidics; Real-time systems; Sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wollongong, NSW

ISSN

2162-2027

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1598-2

Electronic_ISBN

2162-2027

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380353

Filename

6380353