Vertical Microreactor Stack Consist of Poly-(Tetrafluoroethylene) Microfluidics for Immunoassay

Abstract

This paper reports the first application of high-aspect ratio PTFE microstruscute, which fabricated by synchrotron radiation induced photo-evaporation process, to enzyme-linked immunosorvent assay. The advantages of PTFE microstructure for the development of lab-on-a-chip due to the extremely high-aspect ratio microstructure and chemical stability of PTFE is discussed. The results of immunoassay shows the successful detection of analyte (mouse IgG) with detection range with 0-100ng/ml. This result suggests the successful immobilization of antibody (anti-mouse IgG goat antibody) onto the x-ray exposed surface of PTFE microstructue and successful demonstration of antigen-antibody reaction in the PTFE high-aspect ratio microstructure. We also demonstrated the detection of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB). As the result of demonstration, we successfully detected PCB with ranging analyte concentration of 0.1-10 ng/ml.