title: Capillary-driven surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based microfluidic chip for abrin detection.
abstract: Herein, we firstly demonstrate the design and the proof-of-concept use of a capillary-driven surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based microfluidic chip for abrin detection. The micropillar array substrate was etched and coated with a gold film by microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) process to integrate into a lateral flow test strip. The detection of abrin solutions of various concentrations was performed by the as-prepared microfluidic chip. It was shown that the correlation between the abrin concentration and SERS signal was found to be linear within the range of 0.1 ng/mL to 1 μg/mL with a limit of detection of 0.1 ng/mL. Our microfluidic chip design enhanced the operability of SERS-based immunodiagnostic techniques, significantly reducing the complication and cost of preparation as compared to previous SERS-based works. Meanwhile, this design proved the superiority to conventional lateral flow test strips in respect of both sensitivity and quantitation and showed great potential in the diagnosis and treatment for abrin poisoning as well as on-site screening of abrin-spiked materials.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ga
authors.forename: Shouhui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Junhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wenwen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zherong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, No, 20 Dongda Street Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China. wangjl6481@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Jinglin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Daxiang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cui