Analysis of physico-chemical processes in an amperometric oxygen biosensor

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2002

Abstract

Amperometric techniques are commonly used in lab-ona-chip systems to sense various blood gas analytes such as H+, CO 2, O 2, etc. In the present study, a microchip-based amperometric biosensor, being developed as a part of plastic-based structurally programmable microfluidic chip for clinical diagnostics at University of Cincinnati, is analyzed. For accurate modeling of electrokinetic transport and detection of various electroactive species, two levels of modeling are coupled: (i) fluid flow and transport of analytes and (ii) electrochemical surface reactions. In the present work, we have coupled the electrokinetic transport module [1][2] with electrochemical surface reaction solver. À detailed analysis of the system at the diffusion limit reveals that although the temperature variations are insignificant, the measured signal varies significantly due to Joule heating. An interesting phenomenon of increased sensitivity due to electrode-edge effect, caused by singularity at electrode edges, is also be observed and discussed.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

2002 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems - MSM 2002

First Page

76

Last Page

79

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