Disposable roll-to-roll hot embossed electrophoresis chip for detection of antibiotic resistance gene mecA in bacteria

Ralph Liedert (Corresponding Author), Lotta K. Amundsen, Ari Hokkanen, Minna Mäki, Anne Aittakorpi, Mikko Pakanen, James R. Schrerer, Richard A. Mathies, Marika Kurkinen, Sanna Uusitalo, Leena Hakalahti, Tarja Nevanen, Harri Siitari, Hans Söderlund

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    Abstract

    We present a high-throughput roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing process for foil-based polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) chips of excellent optical quality. These disposable, R2R hot embossed microfluidic chips are used for the identification of the antibiotic resistance genemecA in Staphylococcus epidermidis. R2R hot embossing is an emerging manufacturing technology for polymer microfluidic devices. It is based on continuous feeding of a thermoplastic foil through a pressurized area between a heated embossing cylinder and a blank counter cylinder. Although mass fabrication of foil-based microfluidic chips and their use for biological applications were foreseen already some years ago, no such studies have been published previously.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)333-339
    JournalLab on a Chip
    Volume12
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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