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Microfluidic Droplet-Based Liquid–Liquid Extraction and On-Chip IR Spectroscopy Detection of Cocaine in Human Saliva

Wägli, Philip  
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Chang, Yu-Chi  
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Homsy, Alexandra  
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2013
Analytical Chemistry

We present a portable microsystem to quantitatively detect cocaine in human saliva. In this system, we combine a microfluidic-based multiphase liquid-liquid extraction method to transfer cocaine continuously from IR-light-absorbing saliva to an IR-transparent solvent (tetrachloroethylene) with waveguide IR spectroscopy (QC-laser, waveguide, detector) to detect the cocaine on-chip. For the fabrication of the low-cost polymer microfluidic chips a simple rapid prototyping technique based on Scotch-tape masters was further developed and applied. To perform the droplet-based liquid-liquid extraction, we designed and integrated a simple and robust droplet generation method based on the capillary focusing effect within the device. Compared to well-characterized and commonly used microfluidic H-filters, our system showed at least two times higher extraction efficiencies with potential for further improvements. The current liquid-liquid extraction method alone can efficiently extract cocaine and pre-concentrate the analytes in a new solvent. Our fully integrated optofluidic system successfully detected cocaine in real saliva samples spiked with the drug (500 mu g/mL) and allowed real time measurements, which makes this approach suitable for point-of-care applications.

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DOI
10.1021/ac401606p
Web of Science ID

WOS:000323014000080

Author(s)
Wägli, Philip  
Chang, Yu-Chi  
Homsy, Alexandra  
Hvozdara, Lubos  
Herzig, Hans Peter  
de Rooij, Nico  
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
Analytical Chemistry
Volume

85

Issue

15

Start page

7558

End page

7565

Subjects

Microfluidic

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optofluidic

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microsystems

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optical MEMS

Editorial or Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

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