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Elsevier, Procedia Chemistry, 1(1), p. 1123-1126, 2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.proche.2009.07.280

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Microfluidic measurement system for fluorescent particles with three-dimensional sheath flow and a self-aligned adjustable microlens

Journal article published in 2009 by Wolfgang Buchegger, Michael Rosenauer, Michiel J. Vellekoop ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We present a microfluidic chip for fluorescent single particle measurement, featuring three-dimensional hydrodynamic focusing and an integrated self-aligned microlens which has an adjustable focal area. Microlenses are a powerful option to increase particle detection sensitivity but generally they are limited to one focal point. The newly developed self-aligned microlens with adjustable refractive index allows focusing the stimulating laser beam for different sample fluids and hence combines increased sensitivity with versatility of the optical measurement method. The three-dimensional hydrodynamic focusing provides a stream of seriatim particles in the channel, which is an important precondition for single particle measurement. With this design, fabricated in SU-8, single fluorescent particle measurement was successfully carried out.