title: An on-chip whole blood/plasma separator using hetero-packed beads at the inlet of a microchannel.
abstract: A disposable rapid on-chip whole blood/plasma separator has been simply implemented by packing two different sizes of silica beads at the inlet of a microchannel for application to point-of-care (POC) clinical diagnostics. Our suggested technique can be utilized to implement an integrated microfilter for a wide range of Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) devices.
authors.affiliation: School of Electronics and Computing Systems, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
authors.forename: Joon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Chong H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D054118:Nanospheres; D010316:Particle Size; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide