A biosensor solid substrate with integrated temperature control and a method to make the same
A biosensor and substrate technology, applied in chemical instruments and methods, thermometers, laboratory containers, etc., can solve the problems of unrealized precision, control temperature and its distribution, etc.
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[0164] The polymer of Figure 1 was dissolved in xylene and printed at specific locations on the nylon biosensor membrane using an inkjet printer. Subsequently, the solvent was evaporated. Then, the transition temperature from scattering to transparent was observed at about 80° C. using a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera.
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[0166] In another example, 65 parts by weight of a polymer (commercially available from Merck under the designation LCP93; degree of polymerization n+m≈40; smectic to isotropic transition at 97° C. according to Merck)
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[0168] with 35 parts by weight of ethoxylated bisphenol-A diacrylate (Sartomer 349, commercially available from Sartomer). Both materials have a similar refractive index of about 1.55, avoiding light scattering when the liquid crystal polymer LCP093 is heated above its liquid crystallinity transition temperature. For curing, the samples were blended with 2 parts by weight of photoinitiator (Irgacure 651 - Ciba Specialty Chemicals). The mixture forms a paste that can be printed on a biosensor substrate using a PDMS mold. By using a UV source PL10 lamp (Philips-365nm light, intensity 0.6mW·cm -2) for curing. When heated above 74 °C, the appearance of the samples changed from highly scattering to clear and transparent. The transition takes place at...
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[0170] The liquid crystal molecules of Figure 2 were mixed with ethoxylated bisphenol-A diacrylate, and then printed at specific locations on the nylon biosensor membrane using an inkjet printer. The mixture was photopolymerized using UV light in the presence of a photoinitiator (2% by weight of Irgacure 651 commercially available from Ciba Specialty Chemicals). Then, the transition temperature from scattering to transparent was observed at 60-61 °C using a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera.
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