title: Comparative modeling and analysis of microfluidic and conventional DNA microarrays.
abstract: A theoretical analysis was developed to predict molecular hybridization rates for microarrays where samples flow through microfluidic channels and for conventional microarrays where samples remain stationary during hybridization. The theory was validated by using a multiplexed microfluidic microarray where eight samples were hybridized simultaneously against eight probes using 60-mer DNA strands. Mass transfer coefficients ranged over three orders of magnitude where either kinetic reaction rates or molecular diffusion rates controlled overall hybridization rates. Probes were printed using microfluidic channels and also conventional spotting techniques. Consistent with the theoretical model, the microfluidic microarray demonstrated the ability to print DNA probes in less than 1 min and to detect 10-pM target concentrations with hybridization times in less than 5 min.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Benn
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Rebecca C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: Leona D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Samson
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thorsen
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D004058:Diffusion; D007700:Kinetics; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004247:DNA