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Nanoscale spatially resolved infrared spectra from single microdroplets

Mueller, Thomas
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Ruggeri, Francesco Simone  
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Kulik, Andrzej J.  
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2014
Lab On A Chip

Droplet microfluidics has emerged as a powerful platform allowing a large number of individual reactions to be carried out in spatially distinct microcompartments. Due to their small size, however, the spectroscopic characterisation of species encapsulated in such systems remains challenging. In this paper, we demonstrate the acquisition of infrared spectra from single microdroplets containing aggregation-prone proteins. To this effect, droplets are generated in a microfluidic flow-focussing device and subsequently deposited in a square array onto a ZnSe prism using a micro stamp. After drying, the solutes present in the droplets are illuminated locally by an infrared laser through the prism, and their thermal expansion upon absorption of infrared radiation is measured with an atomic force microscopy tip, granting nanoscale resolution. Using this approach, we resolve structural differences in the amide bands of the spectra of monomeric and aggregated lysozyme from single microdroplets with picolitre volume.

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DOI
10.1039/c3lc51219c
Web of Science ID

WOS:000332454600009

Author(s)
Mueller, Thomas
Ruggeri, Francesco Simone  
Kulik, Andrzej J.  
Shimanovich, Ulyana
Mason, Thomas O.
Knowles, Tuomas P. J.
Dietler, Giovanni  
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Published in
Lab On A Chip
Volume

14

Issue

7

Start page

1315

End page

1319

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LPMV  
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April 14, 2014
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/102846
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