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A Lab-in-a-Fiber optofluidic device using droplet microfluidics and laser-induced fluorescence for virus detection
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Laser Physics. Heriot Watt Univ, Scottish Univ Phys Alliance SUPA, Inst Photon & Quantum Sci, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Midlothian, Scotland..ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1658-8649
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2022 (English)In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 12, no 1, article id 3539Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Microfluidics has emerged rapidly over the past 20 years and has been investigated for a variety of applications from life sciences to environmental monitoring. Although continuous-flow microfluidics is ubiquitous, segmented-flow or droplet microfluidics offers several attractive features. Droplets can be independently manipulated and analyzed with very high throughput. Typically, microfluidics is carried out within planar networks of microchannels, namely, microfluidic chips. We propose that fibers offer an interesting alternative format with key advantages for enhanced optical coupling. Herein, we demonstrate the generation of monodisperse droplets within a uniaxial optofluidic Lab-in-a-Fiber scheme. We combine droplet microfluidics with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection achieved through the development of an optical side-coupling fiber, which we term a periscope fiber. This arrangement provides stable and compact alignment. Laser-induced fluorescence offers high sensitivity and low detection limits with a rapid response time making it an attractive detection method for in situ real-time measurements. We use the well-established fluorophore, fluorescein, to characterize the Lab-in-a-Fiber device and determine the generation of similar to 0.9 nL droplets. We present characterization data of a range of fluorescein concentrations, establishing a limit of detection (LOD) of 10 nM fluorescein. Finally, we show that the device operates within a realistic and relevant fluorescence regime by detecting reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) products in the context of COVID-19 diagnostics. The device represents a step towards the development of a point- of-care droplet digital RT-LAMP platform.

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Springer Nature , 2022. Vol. 12, no 1, article id 3539
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Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-310772DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07306-0ISI: 000773009100001PubMedID: 35241725Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85125691313OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-310772DiVA, id: diva2:1650477
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Correction in: Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Issue 1. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09240-7, WOS: 000773009200019, Scopus: 2-s2.0-85127024135

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Available from: 2022-04-07 Created: 2022-04-07 Last updated: 2022-12-14Bibliographically approved

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