Design Optimization and Evaluation of a Bioluminescence Detection Part on a Microfluidic Device for in situ ATP Quantification

Abstract

An integrated in situ analyzer for microbial ATP (IISA-ATP) has been developed with a microfluidic device as its core component to realize a compact and fully integrated system. In the system, a bioluminescence (luciferin—luciferase) reaction is conducted for ATP quantification. The microfluidic device has a coil-shaped microchannel for highly sensitive photo intensity measurement. In this paper, the concept of the IISA-ATP and optimization of the microchannel design to enhance sensitivity are presented. As a result of the optimization, linear correlation of the luminescence intensity with the ATP concentration in the range of 2 to 2 × 10⁴ pM was achieved.